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[chrisleon]

If I have a <a href="something.php?item=$var">$var

and I pass it to that page, is there a way to hide line afterwards

www.somedomain.com/something.php?var=coke

Is there a way to not show the user the var=coke. Pass the variable, but then hide what the user is going after. I am using a very weak example, but the information I am showing is customer invoices, and I have an invoice summary and detail file. I have the user click the on the invoice num, and I pass the number to look at the detail. But all the user has to do is click on the url and backspace and type in some one elses number. I like the functionality of the script, so I would like to keep it in tact. If anyone has any suggestions, please help me out. Thank you.

[wilsonodk]

The way you are passing the variables is GET,
to pass the information hidden you will have to use POST.

What you could do is on the first page, instead of a text link you could use a form button.

<?php
// This first page
// This form could be generated
?>
<form action="<?php echo $linkpage ?>" method="POST">
  <input type="submit" name="var" id="var" value="coke" /></form>

<?php
// Later display page
?>
<p><?php echo $_POST['var']; ?></p>
<?php
// the output would be...
?>
<p>coke</p>

HTH