Using Variables inside the URL

Hey, so I was wondering if say i have a page that has a variable [*videoid*].

is it possible to have something like http://www.urlname.com/index.php?videoid=123456

and it uses that for the variable?

Thanks!

Not really. You should always use the document ID when making an internal link, [~xx~] (where xx is the desired document’s ID). Let MODx generate the correct URL.

If you are using Friendly URLs (alias.html), then you would have the form [~xx~]?videoid=[*videoid*]

If you are NOT using Friendly URLs (index.php?id=xx) then you’ll need to use the form [~xx~]&videoid=[*videoid*]

You have to use a snippet which get’s the GET variable from your URL and then outputs it to a placeholder.

The GET variable is just basic php, the placeholder is a piece of modx code: http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/API:setPlaceholder