Passing variables

JoWiGo

How would I pass variables from one page to another without using sessions? I already have it set up in a very innefficient way, I make a form with hidden variables be submitted and pass the data on, then retrieved with $_POST. However, I want to get away from this messy solution.

Is there a way to pass the variables on and be able to recover them in the next page?

Thanks in advance.

SquattingRadish

you can pass variable via the URL. If you have a URL: "mypage.php?some_variable=1&another_variable=2"

Then within 'mypage.php' you can access them by using $GET['some_variable'] and $GET['another_variable']

$_GET[] is just an array containing all the values passed along through the URL.

JoWiGo

Yeah, I know that I can pass them through the url but my problem is I have variables which are 1,000+ characters.

_RL_Ian

JoWiGo wrote:
Yeah, I know that I can pass them through the url but my problem is I have variables which are 1,000+ characters.

If you don't want to use sessions for whatever reason, there are two other options.

1.) You can store the data in a cookie and then call the $_COOKIE data on the next page

2.) You can encrypt the data with reversible encryption and then decrypt it on the following page.

The following script is a pretty nifty class that takes care of encryption/decryption if you choose to go that route: http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/encryption.html

toxic_brain

i have another suggestion,

store the data to be passed into a textfile,
and
pass the file name with url.

the text file should be created using a random unique name to avoid overwritting while multiple users log in.

Weedpacket

Of course, both (RL)Ian's first suggestion and toxic_brain's suggestion just recreate parts of PHP's ordinary session-handling in the first place; so if PHP's own session-handling is unwanted, these might not be suitable either.

If we knew why you don't wish to use sessions at all it would help.