Hi there,
As above, I am looking to send values across to another page so they can be picked up by $_POST but I don't want to use a form to do this. So instead of a form button the user will be clicking on a text/img link.
Can anyone suggest a method to do this or whether at all this is possible?
Many thanks!
A while back I was looking for a non-session way to pass around variables. It seems that this method provides a good alternative to passing data around without clogging your disk up, worrying about session timeouts, etc. Any thoughts on this?
cheers
I am looking to send values across to another page so they can be picked up by $_POST but I don't want to use a form to do this
What exactly are you trying to accomplish? The only way I know to send POST values to a page (other than using a form) is to forge the headers, which is not exactly the best practice to be using.
If you are just passing (non-user-inputted) data from one page to another you could just put the data in hidden form fields and make the text/img link the 'submit' element. Alternatively, you could use cookies or even sessions.
If you explain what you're trying to do, someone would most likely be able to give you a more informative explanation.
willl wrote:Hi there,
As above, I am looking to send values across to another page so they can be picked up by $_POST but I don't want to use a form to do this. So instead of a form button the user will be clicking on a text/img link.
Can anyone suggest a method to do this or whether at all this is possible?
Many thanks!
You can use the text and/or img instead of a submit button. All it takes is onclick='submit()', and you can have your cake and eat it, too... 
Ok thanks people 
I think i'l be using the onclick="submit()" option.
It is simply so that I can rule out the risk of the user playing around with the variables in the URL if using $_GET.
Thanks again.
willl wrote:Ok thanks people
I think i'l be using the onclick="submit()" option.
It is simply so that I can rule out the risk of the user playing around with the variables in the URL if using $_GET.
Thanks again.
If you are worried about users playing with your variables, then realize that a form is created easily too. You cannot rule out messed-with variables. Just make sure you have a solid variable validation in your scripts, instead of using javascript to go from a->b. It annoys the H*ll out of some people (like me) that basic website navigation stuff stops working if you have javascript disabled.
You can use images as submit buttons without JavaScript: http://webdesign.about.com/cs/forms/a/aaformsubmit_2.htm
But if you are really worried about people modifying the variables, GET is the last method you should be thinking about. Why aren't you using sessions?