Link that returns text value

I need a link that will return the value of the text that was linked from...

for instance...

if I have a link that says "1" or "2" or "3" I need to be able to get "1" or "2" or "3", respectively, into a variable...


Thanks,

squirrelly1

What do you mean? You can pass a variable in the query string. So if you wanted to send a PHP script a variable named number you would use the following:

Code:

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path/to/script.php?number=5

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In your PHP script you can access it as follows:

PHP Code:

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$number = $_GET['number']; 


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Well, the thing is... I have a bunch of things listed in a table that I'm pulling from a MySQL database to populate with. I need to be able to select items ....


wait a sec... I got it... I'll just create the link accordingly when I create my table :D

Thanks for the info!

Squirrelly1

How could I have mulitple values in the address?

like if I needed the variables named 'id' and 'name' in the address how would I format it?

thanks,

squirrelly1

You can separate multiple variables with an ampersand "&" and if you want an array with multiple values you use square brackets.

Code:

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script.php?variable1=value&variable2=value&array[]=value1&array[]=value2

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If you are going to put this link inside HTML you should encode the ampersand as it is an HTML meta character, so:

& becomes & in HTML.

Code:

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script.php?variable1=value&variable2=value&array[]=value1&array[]=value2

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