The variable is infact created, but rather than being $id the variable will be $_GET['id']
because it is part of the $_GET array, so if you had output2.php?name=fred the variable to acsses the word fred would be $_GET['name'] Hope that helps Liam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 6:12 PM Subject: [PHP] Passing of querystrings > Hi, > > I am new to php and trying to learn it for some university work. The > problem I am having is this: > > I have read on a webmonkey tutorial that when you call a php file and > name-value querystrings are automatically created into variables in your > script. > > I have a example url : http://localhost/output2.php?id=1 > Which I hoped would make a variable, $id, and set the value to 1. However > it doesnt work, the variable is not created. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have Appache 2.0.48, MySQL 4.0.17, > and PHP 4.3.4 > > > Many Thanks > > > Ryan Francis > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
