Passing variables NOT in address

thesloth420

Hi all,

Got a stupid question, but haven't been able to find the answer in PHP docs. My problem is simple: when redirecting to a new PHP script, how can I pass variables without having them visible in the address bar? Obviously, you can do this easily using a "post" form but that requires a user to click "submit" right? Other than that I haven't been able to figure out how to pass data to a new script without it being visible as "?var=value&var=value" or something similar at the end of the URL...thanks a lot for your help!

Justin

paul088

Use session.

superwormy

Cookies ( with or withotu sessions ) or a JavaScript form submit:

thesloth420

Thanks for your suggestions - I'm actually already using a cookie that stores the session ID, which points to a user table in the MySQL Db and I didn't even realize I could pass other variables - duh!

I actually went with the Javascript option, though, since I want my cookie to be as simple as possible (basically just storing the session ID) and I don't want the backend database to have too many fields. The submit() method works great on a simple HTML page that contains a form with hidden fields!

Thanks again...you guys rock!