Re: PHP "GET" Error?

Alice Wei wrote: > Hi, > > I have done something wrong here, because when I have my variables declared in my PHP: > > $people_from = $_GET['people_from']; > $state_colors= $_GET['state_colors']; > > I get this url: > http://localhost/generic.php?people_from=Adair, OK-Alfalfa, > OK-Atoka, OK-Beaver, OK-Beckham, OK-Blaine, OK-Bryan, OK-Caddo, OK-Canadian, OK-Carter, OK-Cherokee, > OK-Choctaw, OK-Cimarron, OK-Cleveland, OK-Coal, > OK&state_colors=#FFFFCC-#FFFFCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC > > The result? I don't get any colors on the screen as I have here in the url. > However, if I do: > > $people_from = "Adair, OK-Alfalfa, OK-Atoka, OK-Beaver, OK-Beckham, OK-Blaine, OK-Bryan, > OK-Caddo, OK-Canadian, OK-Carter, OK-Cherokee, OK-Choctaw, OK-Cimarron, OK-Cleveland, OK-Coal, > OK"; > $state_colors= > "#FFFFCC-#FFFFCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC-#FFCCCC"; > > I get the correct result. In total, there are 77 entries (I only put 15 here). Is there a > length limit for what I pass to the url? If not, how come there are no colors showing up in my image > as I desired according to my url? > > Thanks for your help. > > Alice > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ There are characters in the URL that have a meaning within a URL itself (such as #). Use urlencode() before putting the data in the URL. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com