# Everything works except variables through the browser
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/everything-works-except-variables-through-the-browser/65135
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [September 23, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/everything-works-except-variables-through-the-browser/65135 "2004-09-23T09:00:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@flashyjoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashyjoe)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/everything-works-except-variables-through-the-browser/65135/1 "2004-09-23T09:00:09Z")
I am running Apache 1.3.2 and PHP 4.3.2 . and MySQL and everything seems to work, I can even connect to the database but when I try to pass a simple variable through the browser a parsing error on line 9 or I get a blank page?
for example:
8 \
9 \
10 \
when I type the username on the url, or even through a form nothing comes up.
[http://localhost/test.php?username=flashy](http://localhost/test.php?username=flashy)
## I get just Hello
this works fine:
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\
\
Can’t figure it out…
Any help would be appreciated!!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/everything-works-except-variables-through-the-browser/65135/2 "2004-09-23T21:58:12Z")
If you’re trying to get the variable from the url then you need to use the globals array:
```php
8
9
10
```
I use request because it references both post and get variables, although you could use:
$\_POST[‘username’]
or
$\_GET[‘username’]
Your code probably doesn’t have a value assigned to $username.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/everything-works-except-variables-through-the-browser/65135/3 "2004-09-23T22:17:37Z")
This is the form I use… on form.php page, then
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/everything-works-except-variables-through-the-browser/65135/4 "2004-09-24T06:35:39Z")
something like this:
```php
```
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