How do you map HTTP inputs to functions?

Question

I have a script, let's call it myScript.php. It's one of several scripts.

I want to pass certain things to it via the HTTP address, like this: …/myScript.php?format=xml&action=courses where xml is the format and the action is a query some courses in my database.

But I want also to be able to assign …/myScript.php?format=json&action=courses in the same script.

How can I do this?

Anton Bks · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-20T09:43:21.947

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You can reference any parameters passed in the url like so in php: $_REQUEST['format'], $_REQUEST['actions']. You can then assign them to a variable and change that variable in your script.

fetch('./myScript.php?format=xml&action=courses')

$_REQUEST['format'] //xml
$_REQUEST['actions'] //courses

REQUEST is the general method but you can also use GET. Refer to this for more info: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1924958/11945488

edited Aug 20 '19 at 09:43

answered Aug 20 '19 at 09:34

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ahhhhhh Wow so simple. Thankye. – Andrew Steier Aug 20 '19 at 09:37
No problem, dont forget to assign the correct answer ;). Good luck! – Anton Bks Aug 20 '19 at 09:38
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You should use `$_GET` instead of `$_REQUEST` if you expect it to be query parameters… – deceze Aug 20 '19 at 09:39
Added an edit, any particular reason GET is preferred over REQUEST? – Anton Bks Aug 20 '19 at 09:44
Yes, REQUEST is essentially a merge between GET and POST so for your case you would get the same result – Anton Bks Aug 20 '19 at 09:46

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '19 at 10:07

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$_REQUEST=array_merge($_POST,$_GET,$_COOKIE);

in native php global request variable include get post and cookie ..

You should get parameters with global variable $_GET, if you does $_REQUEST maybe can confusion php

answered Aug 20 '19 at 10:07

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