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1. eazi.it
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I have written a page that will (when fully enabled) allow me to show dynamic content.

   This content is dependant and a variable (side) that I want to pass from the address line

   i.e. http://www.arufc.com/?page_id=718&side=2nd%20XV

   this opens the page but does not pass the variable side.

   Do I need to globally register the variable somewhere?

2. Dagon Design
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Yes. When I first looked into doing this, it was near impossible to find information on it, but here is a method I use.

   Add this to a plugin, or your theme's functions.php file:

   function add_query_vars ( $vars ) {
   	$vars[] = "side";
   	return $vars;
   }
   
   add_filter('query_vars', 'add_query_vars');

   That will 'tell' WP to look for a new query var called 'side'

   Then in your code, you can use this function to get the value passed:

   get_query_var("side");

   Now if you want to integrate that data into permalinks, it gets a good bit tricker.

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