passing variables

im wondering....

is there any way to pass variables to a reloaded page without using forms and not having them shown in the url?

i want variables to be used but i dont want to send them as hidden input form tags, and i dont want "index.php?variable=value"

or is there any other way to get rid of the URL-passing?

im probably not making much sense =)

thankful for any answer though....

Cookies or sessions are the only alternative method.

oki, read a post on register_globals_off (too late to change the whole site)

is there a way to have a <a href...> change a value on a variable without a form or url-passing?

thanx for the reply

what i mean is...

say i want to change a $variable="hello" when i click on a <a href> instead of a <form> button but i dont want it to be visible.

sessions and cookies depend on href?vars and forms right?

is there a way to send a <form> without the submitbutton?

im too tired now, but again im thankful for any response. =)

What you want to do really has to be done as a session.

One thing that comes to mind is to encrypt what you are putting on the $_GET line so they can't make your script do stuff by guessing.

<A href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?key='.$encryptedval; ?>">Click here</a>