default value for get variable?

[welkin]

basically i want to set a default value for this variable, which is to be replaced by the new GET variable the user submits, is there anyway to do that? it seems when i define a variable in the php script, it doesn't get replaced by the values i give via GET simulation (just adding?var=value) to the end of the url. any help would be greatly appreciated!

[mcibor]

if(!isset($_GET["variable"])) $var = "Default value";
else $var = $_GET["variable"];

Hope this helps
I didn't really understand the last part of your text.
Michal Cibor

[welkin]

WOW. THANK YOU.

*sigh
I just heard of GET variables today so I was trying to see what it does... instead of assigning values correctly as you have shown ($a = $_GET["b"]), i set $a=$b (which somehow worked unless $a was set to some predefined value). v_v see all the problems that result when I don't learn this systematically...

Thanks again. =)

[jatar_k]

$a=$b

this will work if register_globals is on though we don't like doing that as it can cause all sorts of security issues

($a = $_GET["b"])

this is the correct way, we just ignore whether register_globals is on or off, it is always off by default now but some foolish hosts turn it on to be backward compatible

[welkin]

thanks jatar. there's soooo much i still need to learn. =P