Re: Hiding variables passed via URL

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
burgermeister01@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jul 14, 6:19 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
sheldonlg wrote:
C. (http://symcbean.blogspot.com/) wrote:
On Jul 13, 7:13 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...@xxx> wrote:
Michael Fesser wrote:
.oO(The Natural Philosopher)
Michael Fesser wrote:
You can't redirect a POST request.
Are you sure?
Sending POST data to another location must be triggered or at least
confirmed by the user. Automatically redirecting anything other than
GET or HEAD is explicitly forbidden by the HTTP spec ("MUST NOT").
Ah, it may be forbidden, but does it work? ;-)
Micha
NO
Besides all that, a "hidden" variable is not really "hidden". A
"view source" will expose that variable. Session variables are,
indeed, the way to go.
well you can view cookies as well.
Frankly, though, I don't see the big problem. Since the OP is
passing in the error message, it is obviously to display it to the
user. Otherwise, why do it? If it is also in the URL, so what?
What does that have to do with this conversation? No one has
mentioned cookies until you did.
What else constitutes a 'session variable' apart from POST or GET data
or cookies?
Why do you keep bringing up unrelated topics?
Because they are related.
Because until you mentioned them, no one else said anything about cookies.

But then you don't understand that session variables aren't POST or GET
data or cookies.

Once again you bring up unrelated things because of your ignorance of
the subject.

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Perhaps what he meant was that you COULD set a cookie on one script
and then initiate a redirect and view the contents of that cookie on a
second page.

Either way, since we are discussing using POST as a method for doing
this I thought I'd also put in my 2 cents:

You could coordinate PHP with Javascript. Have PHP set a hidden form
variable on one page, and then use Javascript to automatically submit
the form as soon as the page loads. But really, the simplest solution
would be good ole' session variables.



Yep, I've done that before when having to transfer to another site (a submission to PayPal). But I don't like to do it - it requires the user have javascript enabled. And that's not always the case.

I agree that a session variable is the way to go.

Oh dear. Jerryu is at it again

From the PHP manual

"Session support in PHP consists of a way to preserve certain data across subsequent accesses. This enables you to build more customized applications and increase the appeal of your web site.

A visitor accessing your web site is assigned a unique id, the so-called session id. *This is either stored in a cookie on the user side or is propagated in the URL.*"


Once more Stuckle is shown to be ignorant of the true way things work.
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