sessions

[oregon41]

i am trying to pass variables to another page within my site and then to an external page. i set this up using sessions and want to make sure this is correct and the best way to go about this? any advice is appreciated...

how it works is that the user submits a form, which goes to form.php where i have:
session_start();
$var1 = "123";
$var2 = "456";
$url = new Url();
$newUrl = $url->generateURL($var1, $var2);
$_SESSION['url'] = $newUrl;
header("Location: /internalpage.php");
return;

and then on internalpage.php i have:

session_start();

$newUrl = $_SESSION['url'];

header("Location: ".$coupon_url);
return;

does this make sense? thanks for any help!

[rowanparker]

Does that not work?
Any errors?

[oregon41]

it just stops at internalpage.php and doesn't continue with the redirect to the external page...

[NogDog]

Where does $coupon_url get set? (Or, should it be $newUrl ?)

[oregon41]

sorry, i meant newUrl...

so that code i have stored in a php file that the form gets posted to...does this answer your question?

[oregon41]

sorry, i reread your post and i think the url is being generated in a file i don't have access to at the moment. once i can get that...does the rest of the code that i have posted here look close?

[oregon41]

i have an update...and i changed my code from earlier...maybe not smart?

the class that builds the url is in a separate file which is an include in the page that the form is posted to. so the variables that i used as an example above are the parameters that are added onto the url from the class.

when i test it, the form page just reloads itself. when i test the internalpage.php(which redirects to the external site), it shows an error from the external site saying it is missing parameters (parameters from the form). so i think that part is working, just not the file that the form is posted to.

i tried putting a redirect header in the page that the form is posting to so that it will go to the internalpage.php and have all the other code in there...for some reason it just won't redirect though.

any help is appreciated. i pasted some more code below:

the formpage posts to form.php which has:

header( 'refresh: 5; url=/internalpage.php' );
return;

internalpage.php has:
<?

session_start();
include_once("com/tribal/coupon/Coupon.php");
$var1 = "123";
$var2 = "456";
$pin = $_REQUEST['email']; //this is from the form...do i need sessions for this?

$newUrl = $url->generateURL($var1, $var2);
header("Location: ".$coupon_url);
return;

thanks again for any help

[oregon41]

everything seems to be working with the exception of the value for email...it isn't getting pulled into the url that is generated. does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

thanks again for all of your help.