redirecting a form collection

[sfullman]

One problem with the following (loosely-written) script:

//process form collection for errors
form_process();

if(form is OK){
//display a thank you message

}else{
//redirect BACK TO THE FORM

}

The problem is that the form collection doesn't carry through with the redirect, so the user's inputs are lost. I usually post a page back to itself and deal with this by having the form and thank you message be separate files, BUT...

Is there any way to gather the form collection (name-value pairs) and send them on in the header as a second HTTP post, going to the redirected page?

And, is sending headers excruciatingly difficult, and is there any resouce on this? HTTP Headers have always been a mystery I've wanted to learn more about.

Thanks from me and other interested parties.

Sam Fullman
Compass Point Media

[jburfield]

Assuming that the form is not huge, you could just stick the values in the redirect URL, something like:

http://yoursite.com/page.php?name=$name&city=$city

Something like that. It's not pretty, but it'll work.

However, for this to work, you will have to make your variables global in the form_process() function.

-- Jason