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Matthew Root
5,392 PointsQuestion about $_GET
Could someone walk me through the theory of this:
if (isset($_GET["id"])) { $id = $_GET["id"];
if (isset($catalog[$id])) { $item = $catalog[$id]; }
Thanks so much!
2 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsSure, the first one:
if (isset($_GET["id"])) { $id = $GET["id"]};
You're just saying if there is a get variable set, than set a variable called $id to the value of that.
Meaning, if you had a URL like so:
<?php
//http://mydomain.com?id=dxEAs45E7s
if (isset($_GET['id'])) { $id = $_GET['id']}
//$id = dxEAs45E7s
//http://mydomain.com?value=some%20great%20value
if (isset($_GET['id'])) { $id = $_GET['id']}
//$id doesn't exist
The second one has nothing to do with get variables.
if (isset($catalog[$id])) { $item = $catalog[$id]; }
Is just checking if $catalog is an array, and has key of $id, and if it does, than set a variable $item to the value of the key $id.
This would be something commonly used if you were looping through an array and wanting to pull out specific parts of it.
Matthew Root
5,392 Pointsthe link is https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-basic-php-website/listing-and-sorting-inventory-items/random-fun-with-arrays This was the original code: foreach($catalog as $id => $item) { }
but when putting the foreach into a array_rand the $item is then deleted and only $id is in the argument.
$random = array_rand($catalog,4); foreach($random as $id) { echo get_item_html($id,$catalog[$id]); }
Is the $item that is used in other parts of the code referring to: if (isset($catalog[$id])) { $item = $catalog[$id]; }
Matthew Root
5,392 PointsMatthew Root
5,392 PointsThanks buddy!
if (isset($_GET["id"])) So what you are saying is that this above means is that if there is an id at the end or the url treehouse-app.com/details.php?id=104 , that page will correspond to the $id in the data.php page. Which is what this: $id = $GET["id"]} means.
The $item is then referenced on a function page without an include. You don't have to include on the top of pages for it to recognized a variable set on another?
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsKevin Korte
28,149 PointsRight, so in this case,
$idwould be equal to 104.I have a feeling this question is relating to a course/quiz on here, and not random like I thought it was. Do you have a link to project you're referring to?
What it sounds like, is that you're getting the id value from the url, and than checking if that id is in an array, and if it is, setting another variable to the value of the id. I'm going to guess that
$itemends up being in array itself, and that$catalogis a nested array where the key would correspond to the$id, and the value would be another array.