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passing argument to PHP script

myScript.php?arg is the conventional way to pass an argument to a script.  Is there a way to do it without the ? (question mark)

Any tutorials anywhere about all the different ways to treat php arguments?
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Hi,


There 4 ways to do it:

1) In the query string as in yourScript.php?arg=1

2) By submitting a form <input type="hidden" name="arg" value="1">

3) By a cookie as in setcookie("arg","1");

4) By using a session variable
   $arg = 1;
   session_register("arg");


To access the variables:

1) Use $PHP_GET_VARS["arg"] or simply $arg for method 1.

2) Use $PHP_POST_VARS["arg"] or simply $arg for method 2.

3) Use $PHP_COOKIE_VARS["arg"] or simply $arg for method 3.

4) Use $arg for session


Note that if you have variables of the same name coming from different method it is better to fully qualify it with the proper way.
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I appreciate the trouble you went to but it didn't really answer the question, which is specifically about the format for a script URL.

Is there any way around having to use the question mark (?) immediately after .php suffix?
And is there a tutorial specifically about URL syntax for scripts?
I do not think there is a way for you to do that without a ? behind. The  ? is used to differentiate the URL and the arguments passed. Without the ? there is no way to do that. :)
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Yeah, that's kind of what I expected to hear.  Nevertheless, I'm going to leave the question open for a couple days, but will not forget to award the points if no further answers appear.
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juan tanga, your idea sounds positively spicy, but it doesn't work straight out of the box, cuz I get CGI error.
You finish this one and I'm giving you 100 point tip.
may i know what error u get?
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CGI Error
The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:

It's cuz I try URL index.php/eee/555/
and that directory, of course, doesn't exist.
oops...

so u're using a cgi-module of php perhaps... I tried that one using a api-module of php and i have not test it using cgi-module version of php...
try printing the value of PATH_INFO... and see if the parameter store in that environment variable..

ex. echo $PATH_INFO or echo $GLOBALS["PATH_INFO"]
I think ykf200 is correct (and the answer was very complete). However, depending on your webserver, you can cheat :)

If you're using Apache, you can make it rewrite the url, I think with general regular expressions, so you can write one url and let the server transform it into one with the ? :). I assume you can do that with other servers too.

A funny example of that is the isgay.com web site. Go say to john.doe.isGay.com (exercise caution, you may find it ofensive).

Orlando
you can try and read about the rewrite module for apache..

I think it can do what you waht to.
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very imaginative.