"remembering" php variables

[betonboor]

Hi,

I need to pass some php global variables from one file to another, but I don't want to use the regular method of file.php?&var1&var2 because the variables should stay hidden!

Is there any way to do this?

I've tried the following code but it doesn't "remember" the global variables. It should switch the $GLOBALS["action"] variable from on to off when reloading the page. It doesn't do that however:

<?php

// If not set, set to "on"
if(!isset($GLOBALS["action"])) {
    $GLOBALS["action"] = "on";
}

// Print the current status of action
echo "before: ".$GLOBALS["action"]."<br>";

// Based on the current value switch the variable from off to on or from on to off
if($GLOBALS["action"] != "off") {
    $GLOBALS["action"] = "off";
} else {
    $GLOBALS["action"] = "on";
}

// Print the current status of action
echo "after: ".$GLOBALS["action"]."<br><br>";

// Reload page link
echo "<a href=".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].">reload</a>";

?>

I probably shouldn't be using $GLOBALS but some other variable array which can remember variables??

Thanks,
betonboor

[bradmasterx]

$_POST['passed varible']; set your form method to POST
e.g.

<form action="page.ext" method="POST" name="FormName">

[Weedpacket]

The regular way to persist data across requests is to use [man]sessions[/man].