shoving variables from one page to another

how can i shove a string variable from one page to the other withough putting it in the address. sending it invisably without assigning cookies.


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thanx for any help.

ME!

You could pass it through a HIDDEN field

<input type='hidden' name='theName' value='<?echo($someVal);?>'>

or if your other pages are in the same .php file

hmm, how about writing the value to a file, then reading it in the next php file

or

use sessions! which is basically the same thing

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Originally posted by chrisjk
hmm, how about writing the value to a file, then reading it in the next php file

or

use sessions! which is basically the same thing

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Explain pls ? :) sounds like the solution I need ;)

check out sessions here http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php

they use cookies but only to store the session id, not the actual string. If the user has disabled cookies, then it will put the session id in the URL, like http://www.somedomain.com/page.php?p...4723t48yg23jh3 which it will automatically append

If you don't want to use sessions then as I said just write the string to a flat file in the first script, then read the same file back again in the second script. The user will never know it's happening

Check out file handling stuff here http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php

thanx chrisjk, i'll look at that as soon as i have the chance :)