call a variable from the url?

I'm trying to control the layout of my site with the url. Instead of setting the variables in the php page set them in the url and just call them in the .php page. Is this possible to do?

I'm trying to peice together my dynamic database driven site. By doing this I want to keep the number of pages down to a minumum and do the necessary page updates in my database.

-peace,
Rich

for sure ..

with the url...
...domain.com/page.php?var1=this&var2=that


page.php
<?php
echo $_GET['var1'] . '<br />' . $_GET['var2'];
?>

Thanks!

Firepages, I was just wondering is a difference between $_REQUEST['var'] and $_GET['var']?

well $_REQUEST contains of $_POST,$_GET & $_COOKIE variables , if you don't know where a variable is coming from (e.g GET or POST) then $_REQUEST will work regardless.