Re: [PHP] reading a URL...

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.

[PHP] reading a URL...

'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_st