Global Variable in URL

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Hi,


I have read post

http://forums.matrix.squiz.net/index.php?s…mode=linearplus



I am using Squiz MySource v3.22.1 (Matrix) . Can you guide me as of how i can create global variables and pass it to remote page in URL.



I have a login page in my website and i want to keep a log of people who are accessing pages. So i want to pass this userid everytime to remote page. Once i have userid on remote page i can change the links example from www.abc.com/xyz.asp to www.abc.com/xyz.asp?userid=aagarwal



Do you think setting global variable would serve the purpose, or i should think about something else.



Regards,

Anurag Agarwal

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If you just wanted to do this, you would use %globals_get_userid%.
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Hi nnhubbard,


Could you please pass me the link or the procedure to add global variables and use them in url… I am searching in manuals but couldnt find the steps to create global variables.



hope to hear you soon.

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[quote]Hi nnhubbard,


Could you please pass me the link or the procedure to add global variables and use them in url… I am searching in manuals but couldnt find the steps to create global variables.



hope to hear you soon.[/quote]



The GET value is grabbed using the a globals keyword as I described above. You are wanting to use global variables? What are you meaning by this? These are global keywords…

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I want to know the steps of creating global variable %globals_get_userid%. After that how can i assign value to this variable. After that how can i access in page. and how can i add this to url.


I am struggling to fidn in Matrix exactly where do i declare this global variable and how do we assign vlaueand access i



Hear you soon.

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Hi Hubbard,


What i am doing is…



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%globals_get_myvariable% = 'anurag'



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The training course has the link like xyz.asp?userid=%globals_get_myvariable%



and on xyz.asp page i am fetching the userid from URL, nut its NULL.



Can you tell me whether thier is anything wrong in this approach.

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I am getting confused here.


Are you trying to use javascript variables, or?



%globals_get_myvariable% is only to grab the GET variable from a URL string IN Matrix. So, if in Matrix, you have a body copy with the keyword %globals_get_myvariable% in it, and the URL that took you to the page was www.mypage.com/test?myvariable=thisismyvar the page would print "thisismyvar" without quotes.



The globals keywords are just to grab a GET or POST.

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Hi


If the user is logged in you can get a hold of their attributes through the global variables like %globals_user_assetid% or %globals_user_name%. You would use these keywords to construct your url like www.abc.com/xyz.asp?userid=%globals_user_name%. If you want to print the name of the user on the page then you would just use the global user keywords. Nic has given a good description of using a value that is passed already.

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[quote]Hi


If the user is logged in you can get a hold of their attributes through the global variables like %globals_user_assetid% or %globals_user_name%. You would use these keywords to construct your url like www.abc.com/xyz.asp?userid=%globals_user_name%. If you want to print the name of the user on the page then you would just use the global user keywords. Nic has given a good description of using a value that is passed already.[/quote]

Great Idea Shane,



I just tested and it works!



Robin

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Hi All…


I found this website and it solved all my queries related to passing userid…



http://matrixsecrets.com/2009/02/mysource-keywords



Very usefull site…



Regards,

Anurag Agarwal