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PHP

Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
24,684 Points
Posted by Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
24,684 Points

PHP Quiz question Stage3 Adding a Contact Form

I am stumped on this quiz question. Any help would be appreciated!

The $_GET array contains variables added to the web address. If I want my first name (Randy) displayed by this PHP command ...

echo $_GET["name"];

ā€¦ then what needs to be added to the end of the web address?

http://localhost/contact-thanks.php

2 Answers

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Corey,

Your URL should look like this:

http://localhost/contact-thanks.php?name=Randy
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

$_GET is a superglobal in php. A super global is built into php and available all over your script.

$_GET gets populated with information passed through the url in a GET request. The syntax of passing this information through is simply adding a question mark to the end of your url followed by key value pairs.

http://localhost/contact-thanks.php?name=Tom&age=24&food=cheese

You can separate multiple pairs with an ampersand (&).

In the receiving page you can access these values by:

<?php

$_GET['name'] // Tom
$_GET['age'] // 24
$_GET['food'] // cheese