[RESOLVED] php & submit & varables

Fuzzylr

I have no problem accessing my information in my varables till I I perform the following action.

Variables

$name = trim($_POST['name']);

$pass = trim($_POST['pass']);

$pass1 = trim($_POST['pass1']);

$email = trim($_POST['email']);

$exp = trim($_POST['client']);

$code = trim($_POST['code']);

Code where I can no long get access to them.

if($error == false) 
	{
		write($name, $pass, $email, $exp);
		header('location:congrats.php');
	}

In the congrats file I want display certain information and then send an email. But it seems that after the header() is called the variables are empty.

Any ideas on what I did wrong?

halojoy

header('location : page')
will end the current script and redirect and start another script

just like exit() or die() will cause
all variables will lose values and stop to be, exist

There is however one way to pass variables.
Using $SESSION array to store values.
And at next page you can turn on
[man]session_start/man
and read from $SESSION array.

$_SESSION values will exist until visitor closes down his browser.
Which is the end of his 'session' at your site.

Actually such SESSION values are stored in one small temporary file.

<?php

session_start(); // activate use of $_SESSION

$name = trim($_POST['name']);
$pass = trim($_POST['pass']);
$pass1 = trim($_POST['pass1']);
$email = trim($_POST['email']);
$exp = trim($_POST['client']);
$code = trim($_POST['code']); 

if($error == false)
{
    $_SESSION['name'] = $name;
    $_SESSION['pass'] = $pass;
    $_SESSION['email'] = $email;
    $_SESSION['exp'] = $exp;
    write($name, $pass, $email, $exp);
    header('location:congrats.php');
} 
?>

And in congrats.php

<?php

session_start(); // turn on and activate use of SESSION

// get those values
$name = $_SESSION['name'];
$pass = $_SESSION['pass'];
$email = $_SESSION['email'];
$exp  =  $_SESSION['exp'];

echo 'Congrats '.$name;

?>

Fuzzylr

halojoy;10938534 wrote:
header('location : page')
will end the current script and redirect and start another script

just like exit() or die() will cause
all variables will lose values and stop to be, exist

There is however one way to pass variables.
Using $SESSION array to store values.
And at next page you can turn on
[man]session_start/man
and read from $SESSION array.

$_SESSION values will exist until visitor closes down his browser.
Which is the end of his 'session' at your site.

Actually such SESSION values are stored in one small temporary file.
<?php

session_start(); // activate use of $_SESSION

$name = trim($_POST['name']);
$pass = trim($_POST['pass']);
$pass1 = trim($_POST['pass1']);
$email = trim($_POST['email']);
$exp = trim($_POST['client']);
$code = trim($_POST['code']); 

if($error == false)
{
    $_SESSION['name'] = $name;
    $_SESSION['pass'] = $pass;
    $_SESSION['email'] = $email;
    $_SESSION['exp'] = $exp;
    write($name, $pass, $email, $exp);
    header('location:congrats.php');
} 
?>
And in congrats.php
<?php

session_start(); // turn on and activate use of SESSION

// get those values
$name = $_SESSION['name'];
$pass = $_SESSION['pass'];
$email = $_SESSION['email'];
$exp  =  $_SESSION['exp'];

echo 'Congrats '.$name;

?>

Your the man...that worked great. thanks a ton.