passing a value to another page

Anon

I'm trying to figure how to pass a value such as a paragraph value from page1.php4 to page2.php4.

I have a page that is a full document then when they click on "print page" it brings up an abbreviated page. I want to sent the a text from page1 to page2.

Any suggestions.

Or would it better to try it with javascript?

oeveren

Don't try javascript. I have tried this and it's a nightmare. A javascript variable can only contain 256 characters. If you want to transfer more than 256 characters you have to "chain" the variables.
The easiest way to transfer data is in the URL.
Say, the paragraph information is stored in a variable called $paragraph.

the URL link would look like this

Should work...

reg's

Dik

Anon

Go here: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/

Scroll down to "Session Management" and start reading to save yourself a LOT of trouble!

Anon

Hi,

there are number of ways for sending the data from one page to another. In your case you should take a look at sessions, visit PHP manual and read this article:
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/Sessions/print.html

Bradley have also pointed a good starting material.

Regards,
Slaven

oeveren

Sessions are the neat way of passing information. Passing information via URL's is the quick and dirty way.

Make sure that if you choose to use sessions, you use the latest release of PHP. The older releases have some "Session" bugs.

Dik