Need valid XHTML

miseria · 03-30-2006, 02:13 PM

Hey. Firstly, I need pages on my webiste to contain the following link:

go.php?id=5&url=http://www.newdomain.com

however, it's not valid XHTML. So I've encoded it (which looks horrible and I rather I hadn't but I feel its the only way). And now I cannot decode it. I've used urldecode but it still shows:

go.php?id%3D5%26url%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.newdomain.c om

I tried:

PHP Code:

  urldecode($_GET['$url']);

 
// ...and...

 
$url2 = $_GET['$url'];

$url = urldecode($url2);

...but it doesn't work. What would be absaloutley perfect would be something like:

go.php/5/http://www.domain.com

where 5 is the id and http://www.domain.com is the domain.

Thanks

sdsinc · 03-30-2006, 02:50 PM

1. Make sure you have used urlencode() to generate the link
2. Make sure that the name of the parameter in the URL is the same for both pages
3. In the target page you need something like this to fetch the parameter from the URL:
$url=urldecode($_GET['url']);

'url' is a litteral name, remove the $ sign and I guess you should be fine
Please note that $_GET['url'] and $url are two different variables actually, here I'm assigning the value of $_GET['url'] to $url in PHP code

To generate SEO-friendly URLs like go.php/5/http://www.domain.com you could simply used mod_rewrite for automatic URL rewriting so you don't have to handle this in your code...

miseria · 03-30-2006, 03:00 PM

Thanks sdsinc

mch · 04-01-2006, 02:17 AM

A bit offtopic byt why do you use "http://" in the query string? Seems like a waste of 7 bytes

03-30-2006, 02:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
miseria SQLdumpster.com Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 545 205.50 NP$ (Donate)	Need valid XHTML Hey. Firstly, I need pages on my webiste to contain the following link: go.php?id=5&url=http://www.newdomain.com however, it's not valid XHTML. So I've encoded it (which looks horrible and I rather I hadn't but I feel its the only way). And now I cannot decode it. I've used urldecode but it still shows: go.php?id%3D5%26url%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.newdomain.c om I tried: PHP Code: `urldecode($_GET['$url']); // ...and... $url2 = $_GET['$url']; $url = urldecode($url2);` ...but it doesn't work. What would be absaloutley perfect would be something like: go.php/5/http://www.domain.com where 5 is the id and http://www.domain.com is the domain. Thanks __________________ !!!!!!! see something you like? Accepting offers for great affiliate websites !!!!!!! Free Databases for your Website \| All Things Playstation 3 Website Design Books \| Music While You Work? \| Computer Gadgets Last edited by miseria; 03-30-2006 at 02:19 PM.

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sdsinc Domains my Dominion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Web 1.0 Posts: 6,285 1,095.94 NP$ (Donate)	1. Make sure you have used urlencode() to generate the link 2. Make sure that the name of the parameter in the URL is the same for both pages 3. In the target page you need something like this to fetch the parameter from the URL: $url=urldecode($_GET['url']); 'url' is a litteral name, remove the $ sign and I guess you should be fine Please note that $_GET['url'] and $url are two different variables actually, here I'm assigning the value of $_GET['url'] to $url in PHP code To generate SEO-friendly URLs like go.php/5/http://www.domain.com you could simply used mod_rewrite for automatic URL rewriting so you don't have to handle this in your code... __________________ Buy now - MassDeveloper.com $500

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miseria SQLdumpster.com Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 545 205.50 NP$ (Donate)	Thanks sdsinc __________________ !!!!!!! see something you like? Accepting offers for great affiliate websites !!!!!!! Free Databases for your Website \| All Things Playstation 3 Website Design Books \| Music While You Work? \| Computer Gadgets

04-01-2006, 02:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
mch NamePros Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: EU Posts: 248 99.25 NP$ (Donate)	A bit offtopic byt why do you use "http://" in the query string? Seems like a waste of 7 bytes

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