Re: Viewing a specific item within a php web-page?

I think you have totally got it wrong. You pass on the value to a php script in the form on http:// /script.php?variable=value. So to accomplish your need you may have to do something like call http:// /script.php?articleid=post_040905. Your program should be modified to maybe something like: <? $post_041005 = "article for April 10th 2005"; $post_040905 = "text for April 9th 2005"; switch ($_HTTP_GET_VARS['articleid']) { case "post_041005": print($post_041005); break; case "post_040905": print($post_040905); break; default: echo "No articleid specified" } If you still want to call it in the form domain.com/articles.php?post_040905, then you may do something like this: $post_041005 = "article for April 10th 2005"; if isset($_HTTP_GET_VARS['post_041005']) print($post_041005); $post_040905 = "text for April 9th 2005"; if isset($_HTTP_GET_VARS['post_040905']) print($post_post_040905); ?> There are more efficient ways to do it, but this should get the job done. Prathap ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Carlos Palomino" <email@carlospalomino.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 21:23:06 -0400 Subject: [PHP] Viewing a specific item within a php web-page? > I have a document entitled: articles.php > Within this document, I want to store various written articles which > are headed by a string value - example: > > $post_040905 = "text for April 9th 2005"; > print($post_040905); > $post_041005 = "article for April 10th 2005"; > print($post_041005); > > How can I view a specific string's text via the browser? I thought > I could use domain.com/articles.php?post_040905 and only the > content written for that post would be shown. However, all of the > posts are shown. I just began reading about PHP from limited > tutorials so I am at a loss as to how I can accomplish this. I > would appreciate all assistance in this matter. > > Best Regards, > > Carlos ------- End of Original Message -------