Use of post

[MrCool]

I want to post one variable from one page to another, i know that i can use the hidden field in a form, but isn't there any other way of doing it?😕

[drew010]

you can use sockets and formulate an http post request on your own and retrieve the output in a variable.

here is an example:

$fp = fsockopen("www.site.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 10);

if (!$fp) {
    echo "$errno: $errstr<br />";
} else {
    $postdata = "var1=a&var2=b";

$req = "POST /page.php HTTP/1.0\r\n"
          ."Host: www.site.com\r\n"
          ."Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"
          ."Accept: image/gif, image/x-bitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*\r\n"
          ."Content-Length: " . strlen($postdata) . "\r\n"
          ."\r\n"
          ."$postdata\r\n";


fputs($fp, $req);

while(!feof($fp)) {
     $return = fgets($fp);
}
}

[MrCool]

I can't make that work, I tried with get and it works fine but not with post. Is there any other way to make variables go from one page or another?

[Weedpacket]

PHP's [man]session[/man] facilities might be of use.

[MrCool]

yeah, thought about that. it's sessions or cookies....