header("Location:URL")

[Anon]

I want to use header("Location:URL”) to redirect the user when they don’t fill out the form correctly and repopulate the area’s that where correct. However, one of the variables can be very long since it is a description. Is there a way to use header("Location:URL”) as a post method instead of putting the variables in the URL since the url can only hold so many characters? Or is there another way to redirect on a form that I am not think about? Thanks for any help...

dr

[Anon]

Your better off putting your user into a session and have the value attributes of your form set to session variables. This takes a little work since you need to keep the variables empty when the user first gets to the form, and then fill them in on the action page before you decide to send them back.

-- Form Page
<?php
session_start();

// Some code to check how they got here and clear variables if not from the submit page.

$name = $SESSION["name"];
$email = $SESSION["email"];

print "<form action=post.php method=POST>";
print "<input type=text name=name value=$name>";
print "<input type=text name=email value=$email>";
print "<input type=submit>";
print "</form>";
?>

-- Post.php
<?
session_start();

$name = $SESSION["name"];
$email = $SESSION["email"];

// Check for validity and return the user if something is wrong.
?>

[Anon]

yes, you can put everything in a form
such as

<form name="redirectform" method="post" action="destinationpage.php">
<input name=longvaluevariable type=hidden value="<?php echo(longvaluevariable); ?>">
</form>

and follow by a javascript to send out this form automatically to the page you intend to redirect to

something like
<script langauage=javascript>
document.redirectform.submit();
</script>

[Anon]

Thanks for the input guys...

[warmwind]

searain wrote:

yes, you can put everything in a form
such as

<form name="redirectform" method="post" action="destinationpage.php">
<input name=longvaluevariable type=hidden value="<?php echo(longvaluevariable); ?>">
</form>

and follow by a javascript to send out this form automatically to the page you intend to redirect to

something like
<script langauage=javascript>
document.redirectform.submit();
</script>

Minor drawback with this being that they wil possibly get a 'Information is being passed over the internet' confirm box or sumpin. But it's a minor worry .. i guess