or you could set your php to parse .html files, then you can do it with php $_GET['varname']
"Bobo Wieland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can do it with javascript... > > <script language="JavaScript"><!-- > document.formName.fieldName.value = location.search.substring(1); > //--></script> > > but this question would be better suited somewhere else than @ PHP-WIN, > don't you think? =) > > > . bobo . > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen K Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 4:05 AM > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Passing value in URL to form > > > > I have managed to pass information through a URL and extract it and insert > > it into a form on a php document. Can this be done for an html document? > > Passing the value through the URL to an html page with form and then > through > > a URL again into a php doc. I tried the same method I used in the php doc > > in the html doc but it didn't work. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > In kindness, > > Stephen > > > > > > -- > > 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