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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Adding a Contact Form Form Submissions

Alec Jones
Alec Jones
5,510 Points
Posted by Alec Jones
Alec Jones
5,510 Points

What goes at the end?

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 ________

What goes there?

2 Answers

Riley Hilliard
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Riley Hilliard
Courses Plus Student 17,771 Points
Riley Hilliard
Riley Hilliard
Courses Plus Student 17,771 Points

The URL encoded variable for name. I have been trying to think of a way to explain this without just giving the answer, but I dont think there is a good way to do that, haha. 

    http://localhost/contact-thanks.php?name=Randy

So as you can see there, after the .php you can place a "?" and any variables you want to pass to the PHP code. In this case you are passing the key "name" with the value "Randy"

Riley Hilliard
Riley Hilliard
Courses Plus Student 17,771 Points

To expand a little on that, you can also add on more variables by separating them with an "&" like:

http://localhost/contact-thanks.php?name=Randy&favoriteFlavor=vanilla&favoriteColor=blue

so in the php you have access to 3 GET variables: 

    echo $_GET["name"];
    echo $_GET["favoriteFlavor"];
    echo $_GET["favoriteColor"];
Riley Hilliard
Riley Hilliard
Courses Plus Student 17,771 Points

To expand a little on that, you can also add on more variables by separating them with an "&" like:

http://localhost/contact-thanks.php?name=Randy&favoriteFlavor=vanilla&favoriteColor=blue

so in the php you have access to 3 GET variables: 

    echo $_GET["name"];
    echo $_GET["favoriteFlavor"];
    echo $_GET["favoriteColor"];
Bruno Silva
Bruno Silva
2,162 Points
Bruno Silva
Bruno Silva
2,162 Points

http://localhost/contact-thanks.php?name=Randy