Passing variable data back to HTML from PHP

[ExpertAlmost]

Good morning!

Using HTML forms with $POST and $GET, I see how to pass data from HTML to PHP. But how do I pass data from PHP to HTLM? I do not want the php code in my html file and I do not want to use an include/require statement to insert my php functionality in the html file.

I want to pass a directory location and file name from my my_php.php file to index.htm. How would I do that?

On a side note: is it possible to pass variable data between php files without include/require or global_register? For example: File_1.php creates $MyVar1. I want to pass $MyVar1 to File_2.php so it is available to a number of functions residing in File_2.php.

Thank you for your help! 🙂

[coldwerturkey]

sessions can pass data between pages

[Piranha]

HTML is just text in a file, and it is impossible to change dynamically. If you want static content use HTML (or XHTML). If you want dynamic content use something else, like PHP.

[ExpertAlmost]

Thank you!

That just leaves the second issue:

On a side note: is it possible to pass variable data between php files without include/require or global_register? For example: File_1.php creates $MyVar1. I want to pass $MyVar1 to File_2.php so it is available to a number of functions residing in File_2.php.

Thank you for your help!

[coldwerturkey]

like I said, sessions can pass data between pages

[ExpertAlmost]

I took a look at the Sessions pages and seems like a fairly complex method just to pass a file name from one php file to another...

:eek:

[coldwerturkey]

File_1.php

<?php
session_start();

//...stuff

$_SESSION['filename'] = $MyVar1;

?>

File_2.php

<?php
session_start();

//...stuff

echo $_SESSION['filename']; //which will print $MyVar1

?>

(given that the user was on File_1.php before going to File_2.php, otherwise $_SESSION['filename'] will be undefined)