Manipulating URL

[PenguinJr]

Hi guys,

Lets say i've passed a URL of www.wateva.com/test.php?user=$user from a php page that contained the variable $user with these codes.

$user = $_POST['username'];
header ("location: test.php?user=$user");

so when they're taken to the test page they should see www.wateva.com/test.php?user=Bob
for example.

Now...I wanna keep passing the variable of user and when I need it I want to be able to use that variable.

1st question: How do i pass the variable around in the URL from page to page?
2nd question: How do i use it later on, as in how do i assign it to a variable?

Thank you.

[missing-score]

im not sure what you mean, do you want to pass a variable name and have that variable set.

eg:

PHP Code:

// url: /file.php?user=$user

$user = 'Bob';
echo $_GET['user']; // should echo 'Bob'; 


If thats what you want to do, there are different ways you can go about this. You could use eval(), however that could be very risky. If you just want the one variable, I would use a basic str_replace and replace the value. The only thing I wonder, is if have user set, you could just check if it is set and if it is set $user = username.

If thats not what you want to do, please could you explain a little more.

[raf]

Originally Posted by PenguinJr

1st question: How do i pass the variable around in the URL from page to page?
2nd question: How do i use it later on, as in how do i assign it to a variable?
Thank you.

Euh. Exactly like the code you posted, but with $_GET instead of $_POST. And then you need it to append to each link on your page ...

But i would realy recommend storing it inside a sessionvariable.

like

PHP Code:

session_start();  // at the top of your script
...
$_SESSION['uservar'] = $_GET['user']; 


to set the sessionvar, and

PHP Code:

session_start();  // at the top of your script
...
$user = $_SESSION['uservar']; 


to get the value back.

[missing-score]

[ot] *Smacks self round head for not remembering sessions* [/ot]