# \[PHP\] Get variables from URL

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-get-variables-from-url/178335>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [February 9, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-get-variables-from-url/178335 "2006-02-09T16:18:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![chunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@chunk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chunk)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-get-variables-from-url/178335/1 "2006-02-09T16:18:58Z")

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hi…

Is it possible to get information from the url and put it into a variable?

So:

```php

somepage.php?member=someuser

```

becomes:

(somepage.php code)

```php

$member = someuser;

```

thanks 😜