How to obtain part of the url with php

Question

I am coming up with a way to display user profiles. Right now I am able to insert the user_id into the url when going to a user's profile, but I am unsure of how to get the user_id from the url.

So at the end of the url I have this:

profile?user=41

I just want to be able to get the 41 (please note this number will change per profile) and then set it to a variable.

How would I do this?

Read about $_GET and $_POST..in your case you need to know about $_GET only — Antonios Tsimourtos, Oct 31 '16 at 14:06
I know about GET.......... I never said I didn't. I wasn't sure about the method used to obtain the piece of information I needed from the url. A simple... Oh, you can do that with the get method would be sufficient. — Paul, Oct 31 '16 at 14:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '16 at 14:04

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<?php
    echo $_GET['user'];
?>

all the parameters of the url are stored in the $_GET variable...

answered Oct 31 '16 at 14:04

FalcoB

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Yves Kipondo · Answer 2 · 2016-10-31T15:25:22.290

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The parameter that are in your URL can be retrieved with the

predefined variable:

<?php
    //$userId = $_GET["pramName"];
    $userId = $_GET["user"];
    // or 
    // using the $_REQUEST variable   
?>

edited Oct 31 '16 at 15:25

answered Oct 31 '16 at 14:14

Yves Kipondo

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How to obtain part of the url with php

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