php transfering variables from 1 page to anouther

[v_mcglynn]

I have knowlege is ASP and have now been thrown into PHP.
In asp you can pass a variable at the end of a link the the next page.

In php this doesn't seem to work.

Is it possible and if so how?

I have <a href="page1.php?<?$pic='variableName'?>">link</a>

How would I call it on the next page?

Or better yet is there a way to dump all your variables from a page?

[BigZ]

I think that you can simply refer to the variable as $variablename in the PHP script.
example:
<?php echo $variablename; ?>
would return the variable in the html file.

Does that help?

[Jay]

Originally posted by v_mcglynn

I have <a href="page1.php?<?$pic='variableName'?>">link</a>


i am still a newbie to PHP but i am confused by your code listed above,

doesn't it return something like this when the page is sent?:
<a href="page1.php?">link</a>

and i learnt this the hard way, always use urlencode($variablename) when passing variables in the url so u don't get problems when they contain spaces etc

[Garth Farley]

I think he's missing the quotes around the echo statement.

Try

<a href="page1.php?<? echo "$variableName"; ?>">Link</a>

Garth Farley

[v_mcglynn]

They changed things a little on me and it's still not working.
Here's what I have now...

<a href="javascript:popupWindow('popUp.php?<? echo 'search'; ?>')">Search all Charts</a>

[Garth Farley]

<a href="javascript:popupWindow('popUp.php?<? echo "$search"; ?>')">Search all Charts</a>

This should output "popUp.php?search_term"

But I suggest for your ease at accessing this variable on the next page (popUp.php) to have

<a href="javascript:popupWindow('popUp.php?search=<? echo "$search"; ?>')">Search all Charts</a>

so on popUp.php, the original $search variable will be called $search too.

Use double quotes, as single quotes mean the variable won't be inserted.

Garth Farley

[v_mcglynn]

Thanks for the help guys