http_get for a plugin

wp-admin/this.php?page=that.php?action=some&thing=5

So… your variables are:
page = ‘that.php?action=some’
thing = ‘5’

Somehow, I don’t think that was what you wanted.

You can’t include a second question mark in a URL like that. Are you trying to pass query variables to that.php? If so, then you’ll need to have this.php recognize and pass along those query variables itself.

Yeah, I typo’d.

pages added to wp-admin typically are added as subpages, ie, like so:

.../wp-admin/options-general.php?page=thing.php

where thing.php is the added plugin page, and options-general.php is the parent page.

My variables are action=some AND thing=5 and I need those to be sent to this.php which is a child of a regular admin page.

The url ends up being like this:

...wp-admin/parent.php?page=child.php?action=somet&thing=1

but hmm.. the second question mark .. I just read that. ??

Lets go see ??

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that was it, thank you Otto! Ive been working on this thing for way too long.

Again, you can’t do that. You cannot include a second question mark in the URL.

Do it like this instead.
/wp-admin/parent.php?page=child.php&action=somet&thing=1

The parent.php is not redirecting you to child.php. Child.php is being loaded by parent.php. This makes all the difference.

Edit: I see your edit. Glad it works. ??