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PHP

Posted by Mike Zhu
Mike Zhu
1,840 Points

Meaning of a question mark "?" in the url

I am completely new in php and actually, I come across with understanding the meaning of the question mark in the following code:

header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks");

I don't understand what the use of the question mark before status. I guess it set the "status" as an ID with the "thanks" as a value. Is that right?

Besides, I am not sure, why this ID of "status" and value of "thanks" will be included in the $_GET array, and in the video we can use like this:

$_GET["status"] == thanks

1 Answer

Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points
Andrew Shook
Andrew Shook
31,709 Points

Mike, in PHP there are two main ways to communicate things between the browser and the server, $_POST and $_GET. $_GET information is passed via the url, and the "?" lets the server know where the $_GET variables start.