Re: Why using this? When....

Ok, I get it......... Exepet passing information there isn't other meaning right? ....... "Erik Price" <pricee@hhbrown.com> escribió en el mensaje news:C748679E-3FFE-11D6-94FD-0050E4857868@hhbrown.com... > > On Monday, March 25, 2002, at 09:31 AM, ...::: Rober2.com :::... wrote: > > > What's really the meaning with > > whatever.php?page=1 when you are NOT using a db? > > Just cuz it looks cool? Or is there a better reason? > > > > -Cuz you could do <a href="whatever.htm"> instead of blabla.php?page=1 > > (having include('blabla.htm'); in a script in blabla.php...of course) > > You can pass $_GET variables in this way, which become available on the > next page. Here's an example: > > http://domain.com/whatever.php?theme=metallic > > Now in the whatever.php script, if there is code like this: > > // determine user's theme preferences > print "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" > href=\""; > if ($_GET['theme']) { > switch $_GET['theme'] { > case 'sky': > print 'sky.css'; > case 'metallic': > print 'metallic.css'; > default: > print 'standard.css'; > } > } else { > print 'standard.css'; > } > print "\" />"; // finish the <link> tag > > Obviously, you wouldn't really use a theme in this fashion since you'd > have to replicate this value in every link in your document -- this kind > of thing is more appropriate to have in a session variable. But the > lesson is the same -- variables can be passed in this fashion for any > purpose, not just database access. (It's called "passing a variable in > the querystring".) > > > > HTH, > > Erik > > > > > ---- > > Erik Price > Web Developer Temp > Media Lab, H.H. Brown > pricee@hhbrown.com >