Re: variables in not working in next page

Thanks but doesn't seem to work. When I use a form it works but I hate the way it looks, so I would like to have the username displayed as a link. Christian. "Martin Towell" <martin.towell@world.net> wrote in message news:6416776FCC55D511BC4E0090274EFEF5082070A1@exchange.world.net... > page1.html: > <a href="page2.html?member=<?= $username; ?>">link</a> > > This should work if you have register_globals=on > page2.html: > Member = <?= $member; ?> > > Or you can try this > page2.html: > Member = <?= $_GET['member']; ?> > > -----Original Message----- > From: christian tischler [mailto:christian@tischler.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 4:36 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] variables in not working in next page > > > I try to retrieve some data from mysql database and display it an page 1. > This page should have one field, say the username, displayed as a link. I > also define avariable $member=$username, which works fine on page 1 but will > not be available on page 2 which then should get all information about this > user from the database. > > Everything else works fine, it's just the variable $members is not available > for page 2. > > I tried to make the variable global - no success. > > Do I need a form to "hand over" a variable o the next page? > > I hope you get what I am trying to do. Please help. > > Christian > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php