Just use $id in your code. That should do the job.
Variables that are passed using GET or POST you can just use in your
code. Ofcourse you have to add the $-sign. So if you use the URI:
http://www.arandomsite.com/news_story.php?id=123
You can just use:
"SELECT xxx FROM yyy WHERE id=$id"
RenzE.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:26:27PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> 'ello,
>
> Is it Possible, in PHP to read a URL?
>
> What I am trying to do is this...
> I have many news stories in a database, and a single static news page, that
> calls the story, and the corresponding headline.
> I have looked about on-line, and seen a common URL,...
>
> http://www.arandomsite.com/news_story.php?id=123
>
> I have adopted this method, and it only displays the top most story in my
> database, no matter what news ID I use.
>
> Can I get the ID number from the URL?, and then pass that to the SQL statement?
>
> I cannot find a tutorial or similar on-line anywhere.
>
> Hope you can help,
> Tris...
>
> P.S, after getting this all set up, my boss asked me to turn everything into
> .jsp pages.
> SO, I am off to buy a "JSP in 20 seconds" Type books, any ideas?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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