[Q] Grabbing a Custom Field GET from AWeber in PHP

Kevin-VirtualProfitCenter · 10-27-2009, 12:54 PM

For years I have used pages to grab the GET info forwarded from AWeber to insert a name or some other information into a web page dynamically. I recently tried to do that with a custom field passed from AWeber and it's not working.

Not sure why.

Here is a typical piece of code I use to grab the name field:

Code:

if(isset($_GET['name'])) {

$name = $_GET['name'];

}

If I set up a custom field (lets say "school" to designate what
school the lead attends) AWeber passes it like this in the GET:

?custom%20school=osu

When I try this code it fails:

Code:

if(isset($_GET['custom school'])) {

$name = $_GET['custom school'];

}

This code also fails:

Code:

 if(isset($_GET['custom%20 school'])) {
 
 $name = $_GET['custom%20school'];
 
 }

I'm sure this is some simple answer, but I know just enough about PHP to be dangerous.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

MemberCon · 11-01-2009, 10:16 PM

I put a small file named test.php on my server, and put this code inside it:

<?php
echo '<pre>';
print_r($_GET);
echo '</pre>';
?>

then I visited the URL in my browser like this:

http://www.YOURDOMAINHERE.com/test.p...m%20school=osu

and it printed out:

Array
(
[custom_school] => osu
)

The %20 (URL encoded "space" character) is transformed into an underscore, so the proper GET variable is:

$_GET['custom_school']

PHP will transform characters that are not valid in variable names into underscores (PHP: Variables From External Sources - Manual)

10-27-2009, 12:54 PM	#1
Kevin-VirtualProfitCenter Full Frontal Lobe Nudity War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 912 Thanks: 519 Thanked 492 Times in 205 Posts Social Networking	[Q] Grabbing a Custom Field GET from AWeber in PHP For years I have used pages to grab the GET info forwarded from AWeber to insert a name or some other information into a web page dynamically. I recently tried to do that with a custom field passed from AWeber and it's not working. Not sure why. Here is a typical piece of code I use to grab the name field: Code: if(isset($_GET['name'])) { $name = $_GET['name']; } If I set up a custom field (lets say "school" to designate what school the lead attends) AWeber passes it like this in the GET: ?custom%20school=osu When I try this code it fails: Code: if(isset($_GET['custom school'])) { $name = $_GET['custom school']; } This code also fails: Code: if(isset($_GET['custom%20 school'])) { $name = $_GET['custom%20school']; } I'm sure this is some simple answer, but I know just enough about PHP to be dangerous. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kevin
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11-01-2009, 10:16 PM	#2
MemberCon Selling Online Since 1998 War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: [Q] Grabbing a Custom Field GET from AWeber in PHP I put a small file named test.php on my server, and put this code inside it: <?php echo '<pre>'; print_r($_GET); echo '</pre>'; ?> then I visited the URL in my browser like this: http://www.YOURDOMAINHERE.com/test.p...m%20school=osu and it printed out: Array ( [custom_school] => osu ) The %20 (URL encoded "space" character) is transformed into an underscore, so the proper GET variable is: $_GET['custom_school'] PHP will transform characters that are not valid in variable names into underscores (PHP: Variables From External Sources - Manual)
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