Re: how to process URL parameers

Thanks Eric, very good info!! For now, I jsut process the string after the "?". Things working fine. Many thanks! --Wo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Price" <pricee@hhbrown.com> To: "Wo Chang" <wchang@nist.gov> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] how to process URL parameers > > On Friday, April 5, 2002, at 10:36 AM, Wo Chang wrote: > > > So, if I want to include multiple parameters, > > I'll use something like: ?a=1?b=2 right? > > No, actually in the querystring the ? only serves to separate the URL > from the querystring. So you can only use it once, immediately after > the URL. To add additional values, you use the & sign. > > url.com?a=1&b=2&c=3 > etc. > > > Another question: if I want to hide all these > > parameters at the url, how I can do that without > > using the form. > > If you want to do that, it's a little more complex -- you can't use the > querystring at all. You need to pass your values via the POST method in > HTTP. The easiest way to do this is to make an HTML form and specify > the method of the <form> tag as POST (like this: <form method="post" > action="targetpage.php">). > > There is another way, it's a bit more involved. You open a socket with > the server and directly send the data as POST data. This allows you to > avoid having to bother with a form. Rasmus Lerdorf wrote a function to > do this (takes most of the work out of it) but it helps to understand > how sockets work if you're going to take this route. Let me know if you > want this function, I have a copy of it. > > I CC'd this back to the list, because there are probably others who can > benefit from this conversation -- in general, try to keep discussion on > the list unless there is some reason for privacy. > > Feel free to ask if you have more questions! > > > Erik > > > > > > ---- > > Erik Price > Web Developer Temp > Media Lab, H.H. Brown > pricee@hhbrown.com