# Variables from URL problems,

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables-from-url-problems/210978>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 25, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables-from-url-problems/210978 "2006-12-25T03:48:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![chunkeymonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@chunkeymonkey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chunkeymonkey)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables-from-url-problems/210978/1 "2006-12-25T03:48:01Z")

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Hello,

I’m just trying to do the simple, if the url is ?page=hello get the page hello, type thing… and for some reason, I just can’t seem to work out why this doesn’t seem to work:

```auto

$requestedpage = $_GET['go'];
$actualpage = ("/php/".$requestedpage.".php");
$defaultpage = ("/php/welcome.php");
 
if (isset($requestedpage)) {
 If (file_exists($actualpage)) {
  require_once($actualpage);
 } else {
  require_once ($defaultpage);
}

```

When ever I go to test it, I get an error spat out at me at line 10 (happens to be the beginning of the If statement line).

Any Ideas?

… Much appreciated 🙂