pass variables through multiple pages?

[homer09001]

ok im writing an installation script for my cms

problem beign it spans four pages and when i get to the 3rd page it forgets the date from the first page and so on and so forth how can i combat this?

i dont really want to use cookies or sessions as sessions may confuse things later on?

[EPJS]

You could put the variables in a file and include it in your pages, like so:

$date = date("Y");

Let's call that date.php

Then in your files just do this:

echo $date;
include 'date.php';

[scrupul0us]

option 1: use sessions
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php

option 2: use the query string ($_POST)
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php

option 3: write a cookie
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/features.cookies.php

EPJS's idea isnt a very good one... no offense

[Dvorak]

Hi,
u should try to use sessions.Its really simple.

at the top of every page,put:

<?php

session_start();

?>

the page where u input date,put(for example)

<?

$date = $_POST[date];

$_SESSION['date']= $date; 

?>

and for the rest of the page where u want to use date,just simply retrieve it

<?

$date = $_SESSION['date'];

//to use

echo $date;

hope it helps.. 🙂