$_GET function?

[PowerDude]

test.php contains:
$keyword = $_GET['keyword'];
echo $keyword;

http://www.mysite.com/test.php?keyword=money


I'm using a relative path, so it doesnt work (Doesnt echo the keyword). If i use a remote path path, it works. But i would like to use a relative path, so how would i fix it?

[enygmadae]

Um, there shouldn't be any difference on there at all...$_GET works no matter what

[PowerDude]

yup it should but it doesnt work. maybe it's because it only works on URLs? cause when i use relative path, the path is just /home/username/public_html/test.php?keyword=money

if i call that file using remote path path (tested already), it works.

[bokehman]

Sigh... You can't use a query string on a server path.

[PowerDude]

what's a query string? if i cant use that, what can i use?

[bokehman]

This: ?keyword=money cannot be used with a server path.

[PowerDude]

is there something else i can use besides that? i would like to grab the keyword somehow but must use relative path

[bokehman]

Can you post the surrounding code? Probably just use a variable.

[PowerDude]

i have two files: a.php and test.php.

a.php contains:

<?php
include("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/test.php?keyword=money");
?>

test.php contains

<?php
$keyword = $_GET['keyword'];
echo $keyword;
?>

i havent done much yet, cause im still stuck at getting the "keyword" part. I was thinking of maybe write to a file in a.php and then read it from test.php. would that work? or is there an easier way?

[bokehman]

a.php:

<?php
$keyword = 'something';
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/test.php');
?>

test.php:

<?php
echo $keyword;
?>

[PowerDude]

awesome that worked, thanks alot