Php and Mysql question help!

I am using this query below to search data from a table called messages where the date is nov.

$query=”SELECT * FROM messages WHERE date LIKE ‘nov%’ ORDER BY id DESC”;

I want the user to be able to choose the month he/she wants to veiw messages from using links such as November | December | January | etc…

$query=”SELECT * FROM messages WHERE date LIKE ‘$month%’ ORDER BY id DESC”;
Is this the correct query and if so how should i set up the variables and the links?
I was using this…
$month = $_get[‘month’]
and the Link was
<a href=”http://www.url.com/messages/index.php?month=november“>
But it didnt work. Im kinda confused as you can tell…

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