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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Adding a Basic Form Forms and User Input

Posted by Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
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Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
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The $_GET array contains variables added to the web address. If I want my first name (Alena) displayed by this PHP comma

The $_GET array contains variables added to the web address. If I want my first name (Alena) displayed by this PHP command ...

echo $_GET["name"];

… then what needs to be added to the end of the web address?

http://localhost/contact-thanks.php ______

What shall it say? :X

2 Answers

Matthew Bilz
Matthew Bilz
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I'm thinking the question is asking what the final result will be in a query string URL - in that case, the missing part of the URL would be ?name=Alena, for a URL string of 

http://localhost/contact-thanks.php?name=Alena
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Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
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Marcuz Gabriel Larsen
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Nice! I did not know that. Makes sense now. Thank you very much!