That quote syntax is downright Byzantine. It's the single quotes that are killing you. Just write

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$thissite=$_GET['ws'];
print "thissite = $thissite";

If that doesn't work, narrow the problem with a few random tests like

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if ($_GET['ws']) { print "<br />$_GET['ws']<br />;
}else{
print '<br />no variable<br />'; }