Here's the mail I sent yesterday right after your question. I sent it to the general PHP list (you posted it there). But obviously your never read that list. Don't post any questions there then. There are people putting time in answering your questions, so you have to make sure they don't do this for nothing. Post your questions only to lists you actualy read!!! Anyway, I had already answered your question, so here's that answer. This is the quickest, easiest and most common way of using the variables you get by GET or POST: Just use $id in your code. That should do the job. Variables that are passed using GET or POST you can just use in your code. Ofcourse you have to add the $-sign. So if you use the URI: http://www.arandomsite.com/news_story.php?id=123 You can just use: "SELECT xxx FROM yyy WHERE id=$id" RenzE. On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:26:27PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 'ello, > > Is it Possible, in PHP to read a URL? > > What I am trying to do is this... > I have many news stories in a database, and a single static news page, that > calls the story, and the corresponding headline. > I have looked about on-line, and seen a common URL,... > > http://www.arandomsite.com/news_story.php?id=123 > > I have adopted this method, and it only displays the top most story in my > database, no matter what news ID I use. > > Can I get the ID number from the URL?, and then pass that to the SQL statement? > > I cannot find a tutorial or similar on-line anywhere. > > Hope you can help, > Tris... > > P.S, after getting this all set up, my boss asked me to turn everything into > .jsp pages. > SO, I am off to buy a "JSP in 20 seconds" Type books, any ideas? > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > > ********************************************************************** > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
