Correct syntax for hyperlink URL with PHP $_GET

Question

I am wondering how I would put information from my website in the URL on the first page of my site, and then on the next page, use $_GET to get the variables from the URL.

I was just wanting to put it in a link like <a href="mywebsite.com/page?name=$name"></a> So would it work if I did it like that, and if it would, how would I get it from the URL?

Solution 1

do

<a href="http://mywebsite.com/page?name=<?php echo $name; ?>"></a>

And in your page, you could get the name as:

$name = $_GET['name'];

Solution 2

Example Link: http://example.com/page.php?name=Charles

If you used $_GET["name"] it would return the value Charles

For more information on $_GET look at http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.get.php

Solution 3

the $_GET is the variable. so in this case, to get the name, it would be:

$_GET['name'];