Sending variables between pages

[Rayben]

Hi!

Here's a bit of code:
[code]
<?php
$month = date("n"); //=1
?>
The month is: <?php echo $predifined_list_of_months[$month]; //="Januari"?>
[/code]
Now I want the user to be able to push a right or left arrow to change the month, kind of like looking up a different month in the calender.
So I'm thinkin I'll use a link back to the same page with some $_GET info in it. I would however like to avoid using $_GET.
Is it possible to send data without cookie, post or get?

[ted_chou12]

yeap, get, or you can set sessions, but session gets a bit messy, so i prefer post, just put your variable into the url of the next page:
eg. test.php?month=$month
in the next page, just:
$month = $_GET['month'];

Thats it...
Ted

[redbullmarky]

to be honest, $_GET is going to be your best bet as ted states (though using $_SESSION would require a page reload of sorts anyway to set it, so not really feasible)

do you have any specific reason for wanting to avoid $_GET?

[Rayben]

Hi!
Thanks for the answers.
I didn't want to cludder up the adress field hehe.
But I found that using $_GET was just too easy to let the cluddering bother me.

[redbullmarky]

there are ways of tidying up the URL. Maybe one for another day, but look up mod_rewrite if you're using Apache....

[Nameless12]

if you have the pages stored in the database you can easily add a field that holds a string just like a normal get string

some_var=val&other_var=other

You can split them on the & and then loop through them and split them on the equals sign followed by adding them to the $_GET array

$_GET[$NAME] = $VALUE

I used this technique to create aliases and shorter links if thats all you are after it should suit you just fine assuming you are using a database