Using header to pass POST variables

ricgomez

At the moment I am using the following to redirect to a new page;

header("Location: buy.php");

I would like to be able to redirect a load of variables across to it via the POST method. Idont want to use the get method as buy.php?something=$something. I want to be able to 'hide it' a bit more instead of directly showing it in the query string.

Does anyone know if this is possible, and if so, how?

Thanks a lot

Anon

One of the neat things in PHP is that you can use the same page (PHP_SELF) to be your "buy.php."

<?php
if (!isset(submit))
{
?>

<body>
blahblahblah
<form action="<?php print $php_self ?>">
<input type = submit>
<input type = hiddenvariables>
</form>
</body>

<?php
}
else
{
buy.php page blah blah blah
echo all hidden variables

bretticus

Well, without submitting the form you can't really send POST variables. Is the user posting to the script that is using the header("Location: buy.php");?

Assuming this is what you're trying to accomplish, you can do two things:

write out variables in hidden fields and submit the page to buy.php via form method="post" using JavaScript.
Use session variables. Especially if you want to maintain variable values thoughout user's session.