i forgot what to do

[stickman373]

What do i need to change in the apache server config file to have it so it automatically takes variables from the URL?

like if i have a url like this:

www.site.com/index.php?id=1

how do i setup apache so that it sets the $id variable to one with that url? Someone offerred me hosting for a site of mine and there apache isnt parsing the id variable

[Kagey]

its called register_globals i think.

[phpman]

it isn't parsing it because register_globals is off. you need to use teh super globals to get the url variable and that global is $_GET[].

so in this example it would be

www.site.com/index.php?id=1

$ID = $_GET[id];

echo $ID; // ID =1

[The Hobo]

Originally posted by stickman373
What do i need to change in the apache server config file to have it so it automatically takes variables from the URL?

like if i have a url like this:

www.site.com/index.php?id=1

how do i setup apache so that it sets the $id variable to one with that url? Someone offerred me hosting for a site of mine and there apache isnt parsing the id variable

The register_globals is in the php.ini file. It has nothing to do with apache.

And I would go with phpman and recommend you use the superglobals, ie $_REQUEST['id'] or $_POST/$_GET['id']

[stickman373]

how can i have it so if there is no id stated when using $_REQUEST['id'] that it doesn't give an error it just sets 1 as the id by default?

[Kagey]

maybe this:

if(isset($_REQUEST['id'])){
    $id = $_REQUEST['id'];
} else {
    $id = 1;
} 

and lets await the onslought of corrections

[stickman373]

well it works, so thanks

[Kagey]

not a problem