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Old 06-05-2009, 05:27 PM
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Default The $_GET variable

I am trying to get values from firstpage.php and send them to secondpage.php this is what i have figured out and i am wondering if it is the correct way to do it thanks.

Firstpage.php

PHP Code:
 <?php
//Connects to the database.
$con mysql_connect("localhost","blank","blank") or die (mysql_error());
$db mysql_select_db("wsdatabase") or die (mysql_error());
// Selects username's from the user table.
$sql "select username from users";
$query mysql_query($sql);
// List's every name in the table with a link going to the secondpage.php.
while($row mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
    
printf("<a href='secondpage.php?username=%s'>%s</a>"."<br/>",$row['username'],$row['username']);
}
?>
secondpage.php

PHP Code:
 <?php
// Grabs the username with the get method.
if(isset($_GET['username'])) {
    
$username $_GET['username'];
}
// Connects to the database.
$con mysql_connect("localhost","blank","blank") or die (mysql_error());
$db mysql_select_db("wsdatabase") or die (mysql_error());
// Selects everything from the database.
$sql "select * from users where username = '$username' ";
$query mysql_query($sql);
// Prints everything out from the database.
while($row mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
    echo 
"<b>".$row['title']."</b>";
    echo 
"<br/>";
    echo 
"<b>".$row['username']."</b>";
    echo 
"<br/>";
    echo 
"<b>".$row['email']."</b>";
}
?>
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