Passing a Parameter from Joomla Page to Joomla Page

[Giarc86]

Hi all,

I am just wondering if it's possible to pass a parameter in Joomla from page to page. I am not a programmer so not sure how or if this can work.

Basically we have Google ads and when a person clicks on it it will include a parameter in the URL.
www.mysite.com/?parameter=campaign for example.

Is there a way to pass that parameter from page to page as the user browses the site?
An extension that will keep the parameter there?

I have Googled this and looked through some extensions but I am not sure what would actually do this or if it needs some code throughout the site.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[UnUnOctium]

Query string, session or cookies. 3 options right there.

 

[rward]

yeah, put it in the session..

 

[Giarc86]

Okay thanks, so something along the lines of?

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['parameter']=(//not sure what goes here);
?>

Is this correct?
How would it capture the session Id "campaign"?

Thanks

 

[rward]

Okay thanks, so something along the lines of?

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['parameter']=(//not sure what goes here);
?>

Is this correct?
How would it capture the session Id "campaign"?

Thanks

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['parameter']=$_GET['parameter'];
?>

but you might need a lil more than that ..
just make sure you're not using a session variable that Joomla uses, so prefix yours with something..