Auto-Posting Data Between PHP Scripts

[rkdiekhoff]

Hi,

Right now I'm working with a couple PHP scripts where I'm posting HTML data from Script_a.php to Script_b.php. After the main processing is complete with Script_b.php, I would like to re-post the HTML data back to Script_a.php. Is there any way the data can be auto-posted back to Script_a.php without the need for a user to click a link or button that is apart of a form?

Thanks,
rkdiekhoff

[makeshift]

Use sessions.

first put this as the FIRST LINE OF CODE on the top of EACH PAGE.

session_start();

on your post_b.php or whatever first load up some session variables

 
 @session_register('variable_name'); // creates the variable
 $_SESSION['variable_name'] = $_POST['variable_name']; // copies the data over
  // ...
  // do this for all the other variables in $_POST that you want

then on your post_a.php do a check to see whether or not the person has been do post_b.php before. If they have, then the session variables WILL exist!

   if(session_is_registered('variable_name') && isset($_SESSION['variable_name']))
   {
      // if this is true then process code with the data in the $_SESSION array

   }
   else
   {
      // go about your normal business with the form
      echo "<form method='POST' action='post_b.php'>"; // etc etc
   }

[bradgrafelman]

Er, the use of [man]session_register/man and such functions is deprecated, you can simply do things like:

<?PHP

session_start();

$_SESSION['var1'] = $_POST['var1'];
$_SESSION['var2'] = $_POST['var2'];

// do whatever you need to do in post_a.php

header('Location: http://mysite.com/post_b.php');

?>

Then, in post_b.php ...

<?PHP

session_start();

if(!isset($_SESSION['var1'], $_SESSION['var2'])) {
    die('Error processing your form. Please go back and try again.');
}

// continue on with script, using the $_SESSION array instead of $_POST to get the variables
?>