GET x POST variables

[lucianoes]

I have a form with image buttons in a URI that looks like

http://www.domain.com/?id=page.

If I use the GET method, the form works fine, the variables are passed, but I get a lot more variables in the URI than I am happy with. It becomes

http://www.domain.com/?id=page&?var1=ping&?var2=pong&?button_name.x=53&?button_name.y=11.

If I use the POST method, the resulting URI stays clean, but Internet Explorer shows an error page instead of loading the page. Is there some secret way to pass on variables to the next page using the POST method, or at least get rid of all those button_name x-y coordinates?

Thank you,
Luciano ES
Santos, SP - Brasil

[sfullman]

I believe that is a function of the browser so there's no way to control it.

Obviously sometimes it's helpful to use the get method because someone can bookmark the page. If the page can be identified by variables the user DOESN'T control perhaps you can echo them in the query string as well as the form and use the POST method.

Sam Fullman