global vars?

[Anon]

I've got a news program that runs on a series of if statements (ex. if $action==postnews) { blah} elseif ($action==editnewsitem) { blah }) and Im having trouble passing variables from one function to another when there's not a form being used. For example, the person logs in, but before writing a news update, they have to decide whether they want to write a news update or do a review or something. This second step is done with plain links (ex. <a href=/?action=doreview>Write a Review</a>) so how could I pass the name that the person submitted from the first page to the third?

thanks,
Intaglio

[Anon]

Pass them as additional GET variables (i.e. after the? in the url) or else
implement sessions and track them as session variables.