unique id

[cherylinn]

Hi, i have a question on unique id. I am creating a page for user to register their account with a unique id given. When user has successfully created, the page will direct them to another page that display their unique id. How do i make sure the unique id in the successful page is the same as the unique id given in the page they are registering?

 

For example,

$name = uniqid();

echo "$name";

[ManiacDan]

Use the session

[xyph]

Alternately, pass that ID along in the query string.

 

header('Location: http://yourwebsite.com/nextPage.php?id='.$generatedId);

 

And access it using $_GET['id'] on nextPage.php

[ManiacDan]

xyph's solution is perfectly correct.  However, I recommended the session because I figured you'd need the userID throughout your site for login and permission checking.  May as well put it in the session now.

[xyph]

It's more than likely homework, judging by previous posts.

[Jessica]

It's more than likely homework, judging by previous posts.

So do it right now, and we won't have to tell him to change it later for the next assignment

[xyph]

It's more than likely homework, judging by previous posts.

So do it right now, and we won't have to tell him to change it later for the next assignment

 

And if the goal of the assignment was to learn how to pass variables through requests?

 

Who knows, most intro IT teachers are pretty clueless.