$try = $_GET["distroMainContent"] -- what $try now equal? - variable problem

[lawrence k]

If I copy and paste this url into my browser:

http://www.bluecasts.com/index.php?t...ent=prices.php

and I've a simple page with this script on it:

<?php
echo "variable to get $variableToLookFor ";
$try = $_GET["distroMainContent"];
echo " == the server says the variable to get is $try == ";
?>
I want $try to now equal "prices.php"

Why would this not happen?

The server is running PHP 4.3

[samudasu]

Is this url your website? If not then why would it? The page
"http://www.bluecasts.com/index.php?templateId=PT_distroDemo.txt&distroTitle =priceTitle.php&distroMainContent=prices.php"

doesn't link to your script so there's no $_GET variables available.

Now if you make a page on your own site
http://yoursite/index.php?distroMainContent=whatever
with index.php containing your code then you will see results.
<?php
echo "variable to get $variableToLookFor ";
$try = $_GET["distroMainContent"];
echo " == the server says the variable to get is $try == ";
?>

By the way, you'll need to set $variableToLookFor to something or else
php will throw an error.