Sending a PHP variable to another page via click on anchor tag

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This is a simplified version of the files that I am working with: On product-list.php I have something like: ```

``` on product-detail.php I want to use something like: ``` include_once("db_config.php"); $product_detail_query = 'SELECT * FROM prod_details WHERE product_name = ???'; ``` When someone clicks on a product in product-list.php I want the text between the anchor tags to get sent to product-detail.php and beplaced in the SQL query at product_name = (where I have ???) so I can access that specific row and lay out the details. What is the best way to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Product List.php ``` Product ``` On product-detail.php ``` $product_id = (int)$_GET['product_id']; ``` Then, bind $product_id to your DB query. You can easily replace this with a urlencoded product name, but you really should stick with unique identifiers for this. ``` foreach ($products as $product) { echo '' . $product['name'] . ''; } ```

Sending a PHP variable to another page via click on anchor tag

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