url variables in php??

[forcer]

i need to work something out for my site.

i have looked at tutorials online but they go over board for the simplicity i need.

for example, i have a page artists.php

this page will have list of artists

example,

Trancemaster
Willmsjay
Jobro
Guyver
Airgate
ect...

then say some1 clicks Jobro, the link will then display:


artists.php?artist=jobro

and the jobro page will load

is there any simple way of working this out because most tutorials just baffle me

 

[SPeedY_B]

Something like this should do the job

<?php
switch ($artist) {
case Trancemaster:
print "trancemasters info here";
break;
case Willmsjay:
print "Willmsjay info here";
break;
case Jobro:
print "Jobro info";
break;
//etc
default:
print "Invalid Artist Specified, please go to the <a href=\"index.php\">index page</a> and try again";
}
?>

 

[forcer]

cool thanx that works. 1 more question though.

what will the link be:

<p><a href="artists.php?artist=Trancemaster">Trancemaster</a></p>

???? or will it be different?

 

[SPeedY_B]

Yup, it'll be like that.