PHP check if url parameter exists

if(isset($_GET['id']))
{
    // Do something
}

You want something like that

Use isset()

$matchFound = (isset($_GET["id"]) && trim($_GET["id"]) == 'link1');
$slide = $matchFound ? trim($_GET["id"]) : '';

EDIT: This is added for the completeness sake. $_GET in php is a reserved variable that is an associative array. Hence, you could also make use of 'array_key_exists(mixed $key, array $array)'. It will return a boolean that the key is found or not. So, the following also will be okay.

$matchFound = (array_key_exists("id", $_GET)) && trim($_GET["id"]) == 'link1');
$slide = $matchFound ? trim($_GET["id"]) : '';