PHP GET With Empty Variable

Question

Hello i am new to PHP and was wondering if you could use the $_GET method without the data= for example.

www.mydomain.co.uk/?dataiwanttoget

Instead Of

www.mydomain.co.uk/?data=dataiwanttoget

Any help would be appreciated im a beginner at PHP, so i am sorry if this does not make much sense.

Its not impossible... It can be done in several ways, eg. by htaccess, or by as mentioned by @Marc in his answer. — Sanchit
– Sanchit, Commented Dec 8, 2015 at 11:59
$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] will contain what you are looking for. — danjam
– danjam, Commented Dec 8, 2015 at 12:09
@Sanchit you are right, sorry I have a long day and isnt thinking very straight :( — Andrew
– Andrew, Commented Dec 8, 2015 at 12:25

Funk Forty Niner · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-08 12:25:18Z

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Yes, of course. To just get the string after the ? you can use PHP's key() function:

$value = key($_GET);

Funk Forty Niner

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answered Dec 8, 2015 at 11:55

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