UBB.Developers Forums Community Development Programming HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Getting variables from the URL?

OK, my example is UBB. The address for all UBB-created pages goes /cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=XXXX, right? And that portion of the address determines what the UBB program does and what the user sees.

Well, is there a way to do the same thing with regular html pages? Then have that variable read and interpreted by, maybe, a javascript or something? I've tried it with just a plain address and that variable section, and all I get are 404's.

So, um, is this possible? Or does this have to be done with something like ASP/PHP or something?

Thanks in advance!

---Skorpion

The page has to be on a server, you cant append a query string to a local page. (i.e. C:mypage.html?action=wow is not valid)

There is some javascript code you can use for that purpose, have at it:


Hope that helps!