GET without form

[leedude]

Is there some way to make send a GET or POST variable like a session variable, without using a field.
Something like this:
[code]
<?php
$_GET['data'] = "hello";
echo "<a href = "page2.php">page 2</a>";
?>
[/code]
Would produce: 86.131.190.81/page2.php?data=hello
Usually i have to use a hidden field, which can get very tedious.

[Joe Haley]

Do you mean passing variables via the get method in a hyperlink?

If so:

echo '<a href="page2.php?var=' . $val . '">';

On page2.php:

$_GET['var'] would contain the value of $val.

[kenrbnsn]

For parameters on the URL, you can just create the URL with those parameters, which then are recieved in the $_GET array:
[code]<?php echo '<a href="page.php?data=hello">Page 2</a>'; ?>[/code]

Ken

[leedude]

thanks.
Just wondering: is there a way to do it with post?

[craygo]

use sessions instead. That way as long as the browser is open the variable can be used.

Ray