Try $_GET["entry_id"] or $HTTP_GET_VARS["entry_id"], depending on your version of PHP.
---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Gallagher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 4:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] passing variables to scripts > > (yes, newbie - but I *have* tried everything I know, I swear) > > I'm trying to write a "comments" system for my site (because I think I > can). Basically, the script receives the ID of a particular entry (the > site is a blog) via "?entry_id=<entry_id>". It checks to see if there's > a corresponding text file (<entry_id>.txt) and if so, it prints the > contents of the text file and invites the user to input a comment. If > not, it prints "no comments" and invites the user... yadda yadda. > > Now, unless I'm mistaken, passing the arguments are done like so: > http://www.foo.com/comments.php?entry_id=test > Right? > > Unfortunately, it doesn't work. That is to say, everything about the > script works, except recognition of the $entry_id variable. Something > as simple as: <title>comments for entry "<?php echo("$entry_id"); > ?>"</title> returns "<title>comments for entry ""</title>. > > Saving the text file's URL to a variable: > <?php > $filename = http://www.foo.com/$entry_id; .txt; > ?> > > Doesn't work either. > > I had a semi-hunch (brought on by my own inexperience, no doubt) that > maybe I had to start a session or something on the referring page. Tried > that (session_start();), didn't have any effect. Bah. > > Can anyone point out what I'm doing wrong? > > TIA > > -- > Mark Gallagher > > > -- > 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
