Re: Variable Passing

* Brad Brevet <bradbrevet@ropeofsilicon.com>: > This seems to be what I was looking for, but I am curious, will the "/" be > included in the variable? Will I have to do a stripslashes() command on it? If you echo out $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] for the URL shown below, it will give you: /321 Usually what you do is something like: $pi = substr($_SERVER['PATH_INFO', 1); $args = explode('/', $pi); and then you'll have an array of arguments without the forward slashes. If you're only expecting a single argument, you can possibly skip that second step; if you want to limit the number of arguments you'll accept, you can add a third parameter to the explode() function call. You should still treat data passed in this way as tainted, just like data from the query string or a form. Scrub it and validate it before doing anything with it. Note: to get a script called 'something' to be parsed as PHP on your server, you'll need to do the following (assuming you're using Apache): create a .htaccess file in that directory with the contents: <Files ~ "(something)$"> ForceType application/x-httpd-php </Files> This will tell Apache that the file is a PHP script. > "Hans Juergen von Lengerke" <lengerkeh@sixt.de> wrote in message > news:Pine.LNX.4.58.0504081630480.6751@windsor.sixt.de... > > > Brad Brevet: > > > > > > Hi, I am curious how to pass a variable without using something like > > > id=321. > > > > > > I have seen sites that have something like > > > http://www.website.com/something/321 and the variable > > > is passed > > > how exactly is that done? And is it called something specific so I > > > know how to refer to it in the future? > > > > You can do that with $_SERVER["PATH_INFO"]. If your script > > is /something, this variable will be set to /321 -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | WEBSITES: Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org mailto:matthew@garden.org | http://vermontbotanical.org