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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Adding a Contact Form Form Submissions

Posted by anonymousperson
anonymousperson
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Quiz Question 5

The $_GET array contains variables added to the web address. If I want my first name (Randy) displayed by this PHP command ...

echo $_GET["name"];

ā€¦ then what needs to be added to the end of the web address?

http://localhost/contact-thanks.php

What's the answer for this, and can someone explain to me as well?

4 Answers

Samiruddin Syed
Samiruddin Syed
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Samiruddin Syed
Samiruddin Syed
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The first key which is appended on the web address is always appended like this www.example.com/something.php?anything=Randy

But where as if i would want to fetch another value along with the "anything" key from the address bar using GET then it would look something like this www.example.com/something.php?anything=Randy&something=Foo

Pedro Cabral
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Pedro Cabral
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Pedro Cabral
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Pedro Cabral
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They will be found appended to the url with the following syntax: &key=value

anonymousperson
anonymousperson
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anonymousperson
anonymousperson
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What does it mean by &key=value?

Pedro Cabral
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Pedro Cabral
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The $_GET is an associative array that will get populated according to the key and value pairs presented on the web address. The question wants you to add the text "name" as the key and the text "Randy" as its value: so you need to add what I wrote in my comment above to the web address and change it accordingly.