I know of a site that uses php links to pass on some info to a php script. Here is an example link: http://www.free-icons.co.uk/index.php?mode=getcode&dir=Movies/&image=myspace-icons-animals142.gif This is the part that is important from the link: ?mode=getcode&dir=Movies/&image=myspace-icons-animals142.gif or you can just click the link and look in the address bar. I would like to do something like this, but not with icons. I am new to php, but I think I can make it work if I can understand how this link passes on the info in it. I am trying to create a dynamic page, similar to the one above, where I can put info up without having to make each and every page. Just a template and have php place the code and image. So here is what I don't understand: I gather that the dir=movies and image=myspace-icons-animals142.gif are going to be passed on to the script. What I don't know is how to create a php string that will capture the image=myspace-icons-animals142.gif info from the link and then take the info that is in the image=myspace-icons-animals142.gif and create a variable that is equal to myspace-icons-animals142.gif? (so that in the php page $image=myspace-icons-animals142.gif from the link) I don't need the dir part, but I do need the image part. What is mode=getcode? I think I understand the ? mark that separates the link from the variables in the link, but if anyone wants to elaborate on it that would be nice too. I am not sure if if I stated that correctly, but feel free to ask any questions to help better understand. Thank you in advance for your help. MAtt
I am not sure what you are asking about, so i will try to break everything into pices. ? is a begining of query string, after '?' you can add variables in form key=value seperated by '&'. I suppose creating such string is not a problem for you it can be done even in plain HTML. To get this variables you need to use $_GET array. In case which you described you will have such variables. $_GET['dir'] = 'Movies/'; $_GET['mode'] = 'getcode'; $_GET['image] = 'myspace-icons-animals142.gif';
Excellent! That is exactly what I needed. It may seem basic, but I just needed a push over the hump. Thanks! MAtt