how to pass parameter between php files

hobee

Hi everyone, I am a newbie. I had a question. I wrote a php programA, there are several variables in that programA, i wanna get those variables in programB, for further processing, how can i do this?
Please help. Thanks a lot.

Newbie

Rodney_H_

You could use sessions, [MAN]session-start[/MAN], or cookies, [MAN]set-cookie[/MAN], a database like mySQL, or flat files... You have several options with PHP.

Do you want to explain yourself in a little more detail, and post the code that you are using in both the files for some opinions?

hobee

Sorry for my unclear explaination.
I mean, I have a program , inside this programA , I will get data from the database and do some calculation. And then, the program A will direct to another php program, say programB, according to the calculation done in programA. However, in programB, I wanna show the data from the database and the calculation.
make it simplier, for example in program A , 2 values are retrieved from database, 10 and 5, what program A does is to add 2 numbers, if the sum is smaller than 20, direct to an html and in that html, 10+5 = 15 which is smaller than 20 should be shown.
If the 2 values are 20 and 15, the page will be directed to an html with 20 + 15 = 35 which is smaller than 35 but larger than 20.
I want those values and results be shown dynamically on the directed page.
How can I do this in php? please advice.
Thanks very much for your help.

Kudose

<?php
$num = 1;
$add = 19;
$sum = $num + $add;

if($sum <= 20 && $sum > 0){
  //do options here i.e. program or redirect
  //you can even pass the sum inthe URL or as a parameter
  programB($sum);
 // --OR--
 header("Location: http://www.yourwebsite.com/page.php?sum=".$sum);
} elseif($sum > 35 && is_numeric($sum)) { //if $sum is less than 20
  echo 'Sum was '.$sum;
} else { //if invalid sum
  echo 'Something terrible happend.';
}
?>

Kudose

You would probably want to pass more parameters though.

i.e. How many rows to skip, the table array, etc...