Use link url upon click in PHP

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I want to use the URL of the link that was clicked in a VB.net program. How can I take the url from my browser url bar and use it in my PHP program?

Example:

VB.net - click link then open using a web browser

url: www.something.com/id=^%$#@&var2=13lfhd3f4gt

PHP - put the link in a variable or something so that I can use explode command to get the id and var2 from the URL itself

I need those variables to output a certain value from my database.

[`$_GET`](http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.get.php) — hsan, Mar 06 '13 at 14:56

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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This question has the answer that you are looking for, for getting the url in PHP: Get the full URL in PHP

Though for getting id and var2, it would be simpler to just use the $_GET variable in php. Then you don't have to explode the url and process it. Just change the '/' after 'com' to a ? like: www.something.com?id=^%$#@&var2=13lfhd3f4gt

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Mar 06 '13 at 14:57

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Sorry, but how do I do it? – Tissue Mar 06 '13 at 15:12
For using the $_GET variable, you just go $id = $_GET['id'] and $var2 = $_GET['var2']. You will want to make sure that the values are not null before you use them but that would make your life easier. http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.get.php – Schleis Mar 06 '13 at 15:16
So I'll use the program will look like. Please tell me if I'm wrong: $actual_link = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]"; $leave_id = $_GET['id']; if(!empty($leave_id){ //Run the program } – Tissue Mar 06 '13 at 17:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 14:56

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You can do this using eg. $_SERVER global variable. Please refer to the manual

answered Mar 06 '13 at 14:56

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