how to I retrieve last part of URL and use it in html?

Question

Here is example of URL from which I want to extract the last part which is name of the person.

 yourdomain.com/?n=PERSON .

I want the part after

" ?n= "

Then use this person name on the same HTML page. So I will be showing this person name on the web page. The web page is in HTML. DO I need java script or PHP code? Thanks

Short answer: Yes, you need javascript (or PHP, as D.Dimitrov said). Take a look at this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4758103/last-segment-of-url — , Sep 03 '18 at 12:11
Thanks for your help. I am new to this. how do I use "echo $_GET['n']; " . I mean where do I put this. Can you please give me the code how to use? Do i need to change page.html to page.php? — Jim Williams, Sep 03 '18 at 12:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '18 at 12:17

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The part after the domain, path and file is called Query String.

You can access the data within it by using php

in the html:

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

This example uses your own example. domain.com/path/file.php?n=Jim_Williams

answered Sep 03 '18 at 12:17

Dieter Kräutl

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So this code will get the query string. eg. - Jim_Williams . Then how do I post it on the web page. what would be code to show this query string on web page. – Jim Williams Sep 03 '18 at 12:22
The echo posts it. You just have to copy that line and place it where you want it to show – Dieter Kräutl Sep 03 '18 at 12:23
GOT it WORKING. Thanks for your help. – Jim Williams Sep 03 '18 at 12:24
@JimWilliams Sure thing. Please mark the answer as correct – Dieter Kräutl Sep 03 '18 at 12:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '18 at 12:18

You can use javascript for this purpose

var url_string = window.location.href; // www.test.com?n=Person
var url = new URL(url_string);
var paramValue = url.searchParams.get("n");
alert(paramValue);

Put this code under <script> tag and you can also run it in your .html file.

You can also use php code to get $_GET request. For this purpose you must have to make a file with .php extension and type code as below

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

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 03 '18 at 12:21

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You can access URL parametrs in php by using 'GET' method.

By taking your example, you can do it by using

<?php
    $name = $_GET['n'];
?>

You can use $name anywhere on page where you want to display the name like below

<?php echo $name; ?>

answered Sep 03 '18 at 12:21

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 03 '18 at 12:30

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Like this <?= $_GET['n'] ?> which's equivalent to <?php echo $_GET['n'] ?>

answered Sep 03 '18 at 12:30

Robert

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how to I retrieve last part of URL and use it in html?

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