Redirecting posted form data to a new page

Hexxx

I need some help here with this.

This is the error
Fatal error: Call to undefined function http_post_data() in C:\wamp\www\web2\station_home.php on line 199

This is the code I was using

if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['doValidation']==1) 
{
  //if validation passes
   http_post_data ('station_results.php', $HTTP_POST_VARS );
}

What I am trying to do is validate a form a user is using to run a search.
The code above is in the page with the form. Station_results is the page which takes the validated search query and performs the search and displays the result on the screen. What I am trying to do above is forward all the POST_VARS to the 'station_results.php' page once the fields are accurate. The form the user is using consists of text boxes, but mainly grouped checkboxes.

I am using Wamp5 which on the main pages says it has PECL installed, so I don't know why I am getting this error.

scrupul0us

if ($_POST['doValidation']==1)
{
header("Location: station_results.php");
}

HTTP_POST_VARS is depreciated

Hexxx

scrupul0us wrote:
if ($_POST['doValidation']==1)
{
header("Location: station_results.php");
}
HTTP_POST_VARS is depreciated

I tried using the header("Location: station_results.php") redirection first, because I saw that in a tutorial, but it didn't send the post variables, to the new page. So I started looking in the http_post_Data. Would changing the http_post_vars to $_POST work and forward the posted vars.... ? I would try that and see....

bradgrafelman

Why not just start a session, store the data, and then redirect them? The subsequent page(s) could still access the necessary information via the session, and no re-posting is needed.

Hexxx

It is safer using the posting. Data isn't kept anywhere and doesn't have to be destroyed.

Houdini

Problem with that is after you redirect to a page after the processing page your Post variables are gone so when you redirect they dissapear but session variables do not.

scrupul0us

well if u start a session you could always do this

//main page

start_session();
$_SESSION['post'] = $_POST;

if ($_POST['doValidation']==1)
{
header("Location: station_results.php");
}

//station_results.php

session_start();

$_POST = $_SESSION['post'];

session_destroy();
session_unset();