{PHP} Split text string

Question

So I am probably making api system and I am trying to get the client req api. I checked some tutorials and I found I could use :

$data = $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];

It's works but I am getting string like : action=get&id=theapikeygoeshere. And I need to get only the text after id= , How can I do that?
Thanks!

How about using: `$id = $_GET['id']`? http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.get.php — M. Eriksson, Mar 18 '17 at 11:15
Possible duplicate of [How do I extract query parameters from a URL string in PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4784243/how-do-i-extract-query-parameters-from-a-url-string-in-php) — Lex Lustor, Mar 18 '17 at 16:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '17 at 11:13

0

parse the query string using parse_str:

<?php

$arr = array();
parse_str('action=get&id=theapikeygoeshere', $arr);
print_r($arr);

?>

This gives:

Array
(
    [action] => get
    [id] => theapikeygoeshere
)

answered Mar 18 '17 at 11:13

ewcz

@Plugin4U you can then access individual parameters via the array, i.e., `$arr['id']` will give you the value of the parameter `id` – ewcz Mar 18 '17 at 11:16
Why not simply use the `$_GET`-super global instead of parsing it yourself? – M. Eriksson Mar 18 '17 at 11:16
@MagnusEriksson sure, I thought that the question was about how to do it manually... :) – ewcz Mar 18 '17 at 11:17
Thanks for the help!! – Plugin4U Mar 18 '17 at 11:19
I think it's more about not knowing about how to read the query string params. I'm struggling to find any use case where you would need to do it manually. – M. Eriksson Mar 18 '17 at 11:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '17 at 11:14

0

You can do so by using $_GET['id']. :) $_GET can be used for any URL parameters like those.

answered Mar 18 '17 at 11:14

Asperitas

Thanks! I need to add another line like $data = $_GET['id']? Or I just need to do 1 line for example : $info = $_GET['id']? – Plugin4U Mar 18 '17 at 11:16
Works!! Thanks! – Plugin4U Mar 18 '17 at 11:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '17 at 11:18

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I think the best thing is to use $_GET['id'] but if you want to extract any thing from the QUERY_STRING use

parse_str($_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"], $output);
var_dump($output["id"]);

answered Mar 18 '17 at 11:18

Moustafa Elkady

_"but if you want to extract any thing from the QUERY_STRING"_... that's what `$_GET` does. That code basically just building your own `$_GET`-array, which doesn't make much sense. – M. Eriksson Mar 18 '17 at 11:21
@MagnusEriksson This is what I just did. Thanks!! – Plugin4U Mar 18 '17 at 11:24

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