passing value between pages without storing them in sessions

[harman]

Hi, i am looking for a better way of passing several variables between pages, like these...
<input type="hidden" name="prod_id" value="$print->prod_id">
<input type="hidden" name="act" value="Edit">
<input type="hidden" name="csrc" value="prodm">
<input type="hidden" name="open" value="$open">
<input type="hidden" name="cat_id" value="$cat_id">
<input type="hidden" name="sub_cat_id" value="$sub_cat_id">

i cant use hidden fields every where and due to some application requirements cant store then as session variables, so i have to pass them via url and thats not efficient. If you guys know a better way, please let me know....thanks

[bad76]

Hi,
there are two another way: a cookie and in a file.

The first write the value into client's hd, the second one into server.

bye bye

[harman]

Hey thanks for the reply...can you give me more info on it.

[bad76]

Ok.
I suggest you to use the cookie, because the filename may be a problem with an high number of visits...

To store a var into a cookie just use the command setcookie()

This operation save a little text file on the hd of the client. In the next page you can get the value stored with $_COOKIE[] array, or just with the name of var stored iif you have global on.

Just an example:

first page:

 
$res=1; $username='bad';
setcookie("cookRes","$res");	
setcookie("cookUser","$username");

second one:

 
echo $cookRes; echo $cookUser;
//or 
// echo $_COOKIE["cookRes"]; 
// echo $_COOKIE["cookUser"];
// if you don't have global on...

I hope this helps...

[harman]

Thanks

[jam_wil]

Check out the post "php in <title>" It is on this topic...