2009/3/17 Joao Gomes Madeira <jpcg.mad@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hello Bill > > I mixed up names and ended up answering the wrong message. Sorry. > > Actually it is quite easy... > > In viewallorders.php you should replace: > > echo "<a href='showorder.php?$name '>"; > > with > > echo '<a href="showorder.php?&name=' . $name . '">'; > > and then, in showorder.php > > <?php > parse_str($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], $qs); > $name = $qs['name']; > > and that's it! What have you been smoking? This is already done for you, and the results are in $_GET. Why duplicate the work? -Stuart -- http://stut.net/ > Now, the strings passed through this method are insecure. You should use > a parser function to clean or sanitize them (like urlencode/urldecode). > > Cheers > JP > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Mudry <billmudry@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Can't seem to transfer a dynamically chosen parameter > to next page > Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:39:08 -0500 > > I hope someone has an answer to what has been a thorny problem for > me. I am still junior to using PHP. > I have a script that displays a bunch of woody botanical orders out > of a MySQL file nicely in columns. > That part works fine. > > Next what is wanted is for a user to be able to click on one of them, > the result being that it would open up > a new page that would get details on the woody order the person chose > out of another MySQL table. > Well .... I got it to link to a page that opens up ok ---- except > after numerous attempts and ways I cannot > get the name of the chosen woody order to transfer to this next page. > > - the examples I have seen on the Internet and book use static > information for the better part while the > very parameter that needs to be passed is derived dynamically. I > am fairly sure that is complicating > things more. > > - Cookies would be an overkill and have too much persistence. I > believe using "session" would be overkill, > too, even if it might work. All I need is to make the choice the > reader makes go global enough to use it > in the very page that it calls. It is then also used both for > titles on that page (dynamic) and to do a > query for information to display on that chosen order. Writing to > a file seems to be an inefficient way if > there is only a way to just make it be memory resident instead. > > The running copy can be seen and tried (to the degree it is working so far) at: > http://www.prowebcanada.com/taxa/viewallorders.php > > The files used are viewallorders.php and the response page of > showorder.php. I will add these as attachments. > > What *will* work? Hope someone can help. > > Bill Mudry > MIssissauga, ON > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
