{"id":1134,"date":"2016-03-17T08:18:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T08:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:10:57","slug":"php-get-explained-with-3-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/php-get-explained-with-3-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP Get [An Associative Array]"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>The $_GET in PHP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The $_GET is the way to get the values of variables that are passed to the current PHP page via URL parameters.<\/li>\n<li>The PHP GET is an associative array, so variables become keys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To understand that, consider an HTML form submits information by using the <em>method = get<\/em>:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"html\">&lt;form method=\u201dget\u201d action = \u201c\u201d&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;input type=\"text\" name=\"email\"&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;\/form&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>As you submit the form to a targeted PHP file, this is how you may get that by using the $_GET:<\/p>\n<div class=\"codesdiv1\">$get_email=$_GET[&#8220;email&#8221;];<\/div>\n<p>The information sent through the get method is visible in the URL. For example, if you enter an email <em>abc@gmail.com<\/em> in the above form and submit the form, this is how URL should look at the localhost:<\/p>\n<div class=\"codesdiv1\">http:\/\/localhost\/test.php?email=abc%40gmail.com<\/div>\n<p>If the form has multiple controls, then multiple variables are separated by &#8216;&amp;&#8217; as shown below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"codesdiv1\">http:\/\/localhost\/test.php?email=abc%40 gmail.com&amp;gender=Male<\/div>\n<p>(considering the target file name is test.php).<\/p>\n<div class=\"note-real1\">Not only you may use the $_GET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/php-array-9-demos-of-simple-and-usage-with-html-elements\/\">PHP array<\/a> with HTML forms but any other ways where the URL contains parameters like sending data through <a href=\"\/jquery-get-method-with-3-demos\/\">jQuery $.get method <\/a>or data sent through links etc.<\/div>\n<p>In the following section, I will show you how you can receive data by using PHP\u2019s $_GET with HTML form, links, and jQuery\u2019s ajax $.get method.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>An example of accessing information by $_GET with HTML form<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"bullet-1\">\n<ul>\n<li>In this example, an HTML form is created with a few fields like name, email, password, address, etc.<\/li>\n<li>After entering the information, as you press the submit button, the form\u2019s data will be sent to the server by using the form\u2019s get method.<\/li>\n<li>The target file is the same as where this form is created.<\/li>\n<li>The form\u2019s data is accessed by using the <strong>$_GET array<\/strong> and finally it will be displayed by using the PHP\u2019s echo statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the example online by clicking the link below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/18.1-PHP-GET.png\" alt=\"PHP GET\" width=\"335\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/18.1-PHP-GET.png 335w, https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/18.1-PHP-GET-182x300.png 182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"\/php\/demo.php?ex=18.0_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Online demo and code<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<p>In the markup section, this is how the HTML form tag is used:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"codesdiv1\">&lt;form method=&#8221;get&#8221; action=&#8221;&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, the data is sent to the same file where a form is created and the method is \u201cget\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This is how the $_GET array is used in the script:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"php\">$get_name=$_GET[\"getname\"];\r\n\r\n$get_gender=$_GET[\"getgender\"];\r\n\r\n$get_email=$_GET[\"getemail\"];\r\n\r\n$get_password=$_GET[\"getpassword\"];\r\n\r\n$get_address=$_GET[\"getaddress\"];\r\n\r\nif( $get_name )\r\n\r\n{\r\n\r\necho \"Name entered is: \". $get_name .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Gender:\" .$get_gender .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Email:\" .$get_email .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Password:\" .$get_password .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Address:\" .$get_address .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\n}<\/pre>\n<p>In the address bar of the demo page, you can see all the parameters are visible and separated by \u201c&amp;\u201d sign.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>An example of $_GET with sending data via an HTML link<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In this example, an HTML link is used to send data to the same PHP file where it is created.<\/p>\n<p>The link contains three variables just like those used in the above example.<\/p>\n<p>As you click the link, the data will be passed to the PHP file via URL.<\/p>\n<p>The data is accessed by using the $_GET array as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/18.2-PHP-GET-HTML-LINK.png\" alt=\"PHP GET HTML LINK\" width=\"333\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/18.2-PHP-GET-HTML-LINK.png 333w, https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/18.2-PHP-GET-HTML-LINK-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is how the link is created in the markup section:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"html\">&lt;a href=\"?name=your name&amp;gender=Female&amp;email=abc@gmail.com\"&gt;PHP $_GET test&lt;\/a&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>The following PHP script is used to access URL parameters:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"php\">&lt;?php\r\n\r\n$get_name=$_GET[\"name\"];\r\n\r\n$get_gender=$_GET[\"gender\"];\r\n\r\n$get_email=$_GET[\"email\"];\r\n\r\nif( $get_name )\r\n\r\n{\r\n\r\necho \"Name entered is: \". $get_name .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Gender:\" .$get_gender .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Email:\" .$get_email .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\n}\r\n\r\n?&gt;<\/pre>\n<h3><strong>A demo of using jQuery $.get method to send data; collected in $_GET array<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In this demo, the jQuery get method is used to send data to a PHP file.<\/p>\n<p>This method is used to make <a href=\"\/jquery-ajax-tutorial-syntax-and-using-in-div-form-tabs-accordion-and-table-demos\/\">AJAX<\/a> call, so after filling in the form fields, as you press the button the data will be displayed without refreshing the web page, where a PHP file with $_GET is executed underneath.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/18.3-PHP-GET-jquery.png\" alt=\"PHP GET jquery\" width=\"668\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/18.3-PHP-GET-jquery.png 668w, https:\/\/www.jquery-az.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/18.3-PHP-GET-jquery-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"\/php\/demo.php?ex=18.0_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Online demo and code<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<p>In the form tag, you can see only a CSS class is used along with Bootstrap\u2019s CSS class\u00a0since this form is created based at Bootstrap framework:<\/p>\n<div class=\"codesdiv1\">&lt;form class=&#8221;form-horizontal&#8221; role=&#8221;form&#8221;&gt;<\/div>\n<p>Even, if you do not use the &lt;form&gt; tag, the $.get method will still work and send and receive data from the PHP file.<\/p>\n<p>After filling in the text boxes, click the button \u201cCreate Account\u201d. At the click event of the button, the entered data is sent to the PHP file by using the jQuery $.get method:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"php\">$(\"#getdata\").click(function(){\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\ngetname=$(\"#getname\").val();\r\n\r\ngetgender=$(\"#getgender\").val();\r\n\r\ngetemail=$(\"#getemail\").val();\r\n\r\ngetpass=$(\"#getpassword\").val();\r\n\r\ngetaddress=$(\"#getaddress\").val();\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$.get(\"get-forms.php\", {name:getname, gender:getgender, email:getemail, password:getpass, address:getaddress },function(getresult){\r\n\r\n$(\"#getdiv\").html(getresult);\r\n\r\n});\r\n\r\n\r\n});<\/pre>\n<p>(See the script section in &lt;head&gt; tag)<\/p>\n<p>The <em>get-forms.php<\/em> file contains the code where I used the $_GET array to access that information. The information is assigned to PHP variables that are finally displayed by using the echo statement:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"php\">$get_name=$_GET[\"name\"];\r\n\r\n$get_gender=$_GET[\"gender\"];\r\n\r\n$get_email=$_GET[\"email\"];\r\n\r\n$get_password=$_GET[\"password\"];\r\n\r\n$get_address=$_GET[\"address\"];\r\n\r\n\r\nif( $get_name )\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n{\r\n\r\necho \"Name entered is: \". $get_name .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Gender:\" .$get_gender .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Email:\" .$get_email .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Password:\" .$get_password .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\necho \"Address:\" .$get_address .\"&lt;br&gt;\";\r\n\r\n}<\/pre>\n<p>Generally, you may want to save this information into a database like <a href=\"\/mysql-tutorials\/\">MySQL<\/a>. I am displaying this just for demonstration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"note-tips1\">Also, note the information is not displayed directly by the echo statement. 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