GET multiple URL variables in PHP - php

I have this piece of code:
$user = $_GET["user"];
echo $user;
which outputs:
1234
And the URL looks like this :
http://localhost/getkey.php?user=1234
How can I get multiple variables from the URL separated by a "&"?
For example:
http://localhost/getkey.php?user=1234&password=4321

To get the values passed in the URL you need to call $_GET['name'] for each value that you want.
Example:
http://localhost/getkey.php?user=1234&password=4321
$user = $_GET['user'];
$password = $_GET['password'];
This way will allow to you to use the value passed in the URL

extract($_GET);
This assigns the values in $_GET to variables with the same names as the keys. Don't do this though - it's much better to be explicit and assign each one of your variables separately so that you can trace what is used where better later and so that you don't run into naming conflicts. For this reason, it is also insecure, because your variables can be overridden by user-defined ones, which could be malicious.
See discussion here: What is so wrong with extract()?

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How to store last numbered part of current page url in php variable

My page url just like that
http://wallpapers.wapego.net/main.php?ses=SuNpjmgtjmN7&f=3153038
now i want to take a part of current url that is 3153038 and store it as php integer variable
$_GET['ses'] will give you 'SuNpjmgtjmN7' and $_GET['f'] will give you '3153038'
Check $_GET
Use a GET super global or REQUEST super global variable.
ex -
$value = $_GET['f']; or $value = $_REQUEST['f'];
$_GET super global uses for get values from the URL. $_POST super global uses for put values to the server. I hope you understand it.
Provided your calling this URL in a 'get request' the value of 'f' will be in the $_GET array.
But the best way to store this as an integer value would be to parse it through intval()
$value = intval($_GET['f']);
Best way is to do it like this..
intval($_REQUEST['f']);

Get parameters from request according to the name of variables

I want something like this:
I have send a request to server which contains my_par=test.
I can get it like this $my_par= $_REQUEST["my_par"]. this is the normal way.
But I want if my variable name is match to the request name then it take the value of that parameter automatically.
so I want a function like set_variable_value(array($my_par,$my_par2),$_REQUEST), then it should set the value for variables like this:
$my_par = $_REQUEST["my_par"];
$my_par2 = $_REQUEST["my_par2"];
is it possible to achieve such a thing in PHP?
OR in a simple way
if I send a request like this my_par1=test&my_par2=test2, I want to access them just by add $ at the beginning of their name like this:
$my_par1 and $my_par2
Extract the $_POST array, like this:
extract($_POST);
This will give you variables named after $_POST's keys, with corresponding values.
I have no idea why you'd want to do this, but this can be achieved by using parse_str():
$query = http_build_query($_REQUEST);
parse_str($query);
So, if the request was like below:
test.php?foo=test1&bar=test2&baz=test3
... you can simply access the variables using their query parameter names, like so:
echo $foo;
would output:
test1
With the above code, you may accidentally override already defined variables. If you use the second parameter of parse_str(), you can store the variables in an array, instead:
parse_str($query, $params);
That way, you don't set/override variables in the current scope.

Can I use PHP reserved variable as my variable?

PHP has list of reserved variables, visit here.
If i use one of the reserved keyword as my variable, it is working for me.
<?php
$_GET = 10;
echo $_GET;//10
?>
Please correct me, if my understanding is wrong?
"Predefined" is not the same as "reserved". PHP gives these variables default values, but you can still use their names for your own purposes. But you shouldn't, since it's poor style.
If you pass GET data into that file like http://example.com/example.php?id=1
Then it will conflict with your $_GET variable..
$_GET = Array { [id] => 1 }
After your declaration the value will be changed as
$_GET = 10
It will overwrite the old value..
I can't imagine a situation where you would want to do what you're suggesting.
in the case of $_GET, $_SESSION, they are arrays where you can assign a key value pair at will, that's what they're designed for.
$_SESSION["UID"]=username;
for example
$_GET is not a reserved variable.
$_GET is an associative array of variables passed to the current script via the URL parameters. Also is a superglobal. Read the documentation to learn how to use it
You should use like
$_GET['key']=10;//good
Doing
$_GET =10;//bad
will overwrite the value and it works but is a very wrong way to use a superglobal and they were not designed to work that way

How to switch between URL variable names and values

For example I have a URL like this one:
index.php?country=Canada
If it is just index.php that means that the default country is USA. People can switch between countries by checking or unchecking a checkbox.
But people can sort their results via GET variables:
State
Surname
Name
But if I use $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] then it will always just keep adding new values to my URL array (query string). It works if it is just index.php then I can make it like this:
State
Surname
Name
I know that after index.php it will always be a question mark ? first.
But what when visitors want to keep index.php?country=Canada and just switch between sort=state, sort=surname and sort=name. Then I need to know if a question mark is already in the URL, when to add & mark. I'm not sure how to solve this problem.
Change the way you echo your link:
PHP
<?php
$link = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];
if(isset($_GET['country']
$link.="&";
else
$link.="?";
?>
And echo link like this:
HTML
State
NOTE: I deleted the question mark before "sort".
You need logic to dynamically build a querystring, rather than statically adding ? and &.
Something like http_build_query would be the route I'd go, but the information you've provided is small compared with the possibilities you appear to want, so its hard to provide specific code.
Here is some more information about the http_build_query function in PHP. Its purpose is to build a querystring, here is an example of what you might do:
// capture the values into variables, however you want ($_GET is example)
$country = $_GET['country'];
$state = $_GET['state'];
$city = $_GET['city'];
$data = array();
// use logic to dynamically build the array, so long as the variables have values
!empty($country) ? array_push($data,'country'=>$country) : '';
!empty($state) ? array_push($data,'state'=>$state) : '';
!empty($city) ? array_push($data,'city'=>$city) : '';
// apply the array dynamically built
$querystring = http_build_query($data);
// concatenate to form the new URL
$url = 'http://www.example.com/?'.$querystring
If you declared country to be USA and city to be Seattle, but did not declare state, it would produce:
http://www.example.com/?country=USA&city=Seattle
Something along these lines should build the dynamic array you want with only the values you are looking for.
All of the variables in the query string are stored in the $_GET php superglobal array. In your example you can access the country with $_GET['country']. Do default to the USA you can use isset() to check if the variable exists.
$country = "USA";
if(isset($_GET['country'])) {
$country = $_GET['country'];
}
The solution here is to use either $_GET (already mentioned in another answer), or http://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php, which makes the ordering of arguments completely irrelevant. Simply parse the url into an array of query arguments, and test for the ones you need. To turn it all back into a url, you would use http://php.net/manual/en/function.http-build-query.php

Getting array param out of query string with PHP

(NOTE: This is a follow up to a previous question, How to pass an array within a query string?, where I asked about standard methods for passing arrays within query strings.)
I now have some PHP code that needs to consume the said query string- What kind of query string array formats does PHP recognize, and do I have to do anything special to retrieve the array?
The following doesn't seem to work:
Query string:
?formparts=[a,b,c]
PHP:
$myarray = $_GET["formparts"];
echo gettype($myarray)
result:
string
Your query string should rather look like this:
?formparts[]=a&formparts[]=b&formparts[]=c
If you're dealing with a query string, you are looking at the $_GET variable. This will contain everything after the ? in your previous question.
So what you will have to do is pretty much the opposite of the other question.
$products = array();
// ... Add some checking of $_GET to make sure it is sane
....
// then assign..
$products = explode(',', $_GET['pname']);
and so on for each variable. I must give you a full warning here, you MUST check what comes through the $_GET variable to make sure it is sane. Otherwise you risk having your site compromised.

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