Re: passing variables to scripts

Which version of PHP you're running? May be you need to set register_globals = On in your php.ini file. -- Kind regards, Yuri. >>>> www.AceHoster.com <<<< Quality web hosting "Mark Gallagher" <mark@cyberfuddle.com> ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ: news:3CCBD722.3030202@cyberfuddle.com... > (yes, newbie - but I *have* tried everything I know, I swear) > > I'm trying to write a "comments" system for my site (because I think I > can). Basically, the script receives the ID of a particular entry (the > site is a blog) via "?entry_id=<entry_id>". It checks to see if there's > a corresponding text file (<entry_id>.txt) and if so, it prints the > contents of the text file and invites the user to input a comment. If > not, it prints "no comments" and invites the user... yadda yadda. > > Now, unless I'm mistaken, passing the arguments are done like so: > http://www.foo.com/comments.php?entry_id=test > Right? > > Unfortunately, it doesn't work. That is to say, everything about the > script works, except recognition of the $entry_id variable. Something > as simple as: <title>comments for entry "<?php echo("$entry_id"); > ?>"</title> returns "<title>comments for entry > ""</title>. > > Saving the text file's URL to a variable: > <?php > $filename = http://www.foo.com/$entry_id; .txt; > ?> > > Doesn't work either. > > I had a semi-hunch (brought on by my own inexperience, no doubt) that > maybe I had to start a session or something on the referring page. Tried > that (session_start();), didn't have any effect. Bah. > > Can anyone point out what I'm doing wrong? > > TIA > > -- > Mark Gallagher >