Since vars passed through url are $_GET vars, you can use filter_input()
function:
$id = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'id', FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);
$othervar = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'othervar', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
It would store the values of each var and sanitize/validate them too.