[php basic] question about storing variable?

[grchen]

Suppose I have an input field like this:

///page1.php
<form action="page2.php" method="POST">
Login <input type="text" name="Login" />
<input type="submit">
</form>

after I submit, action goes to page2.php,
I can get the "Login" by : $p1 = $_POST["Login"]

the question: now I want to go on to page3.php, is there any way
I can copy $p1 from page2.php through page3.php?

Thanks,
Grace

[barand]

Yes.

If you have a form on page2.php

• via form action <form action="page3.php?login=$p1" method="get">

• via a hidden field <input type="hidden name="login" value="$p1">

Other ways are

• Cookies - setcookie("login",$p1,time()+24*3600)

• Session variable - session_register("p1")

hth

[RoadKingHD]

It would be wise to read the section in the manual on [MAN]session_register[/MAN], depending on your version of PHP you may want to use something like:

$_session["userName"] = $p1;

[klansman]

hi!

what you want to do can easily be achieved using php "sessions".
Read on the php manual to find out how it works. It can be a little tricky at first, but you'll get the hang of it.

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