[SOLVED] $_POST

[bruno67]

Hi, I need my php pages to set some variables on a server level (in a virtual remote hosting) in order to have those variables seen from any other page of my website. I have 2 questions on the matter please:

1) I guess this can be done by using the $_POST array.  is this the best way to set variables at server level?

2) if the use of $_POST is the proper way to set variables/array at server level, how do I assign a $_POST variable? is it compulsory to make a post form or the assignment can be done in an easier way, something like:

$_POST[myvar] = 10;

 

Thank you very much for your help,

Bruno

[MadTechie]

not sure what your asking but why not use Session ?

and yes you can do $_POST['test'] = "blar"; but this will only work on code in the current script (or an included file)

[bruno67]

Thank you MadTechie for your reply. The problem is that those php pages are not user pages but are pages activated by cron jobs. those scripts works in the background. I need those php scripts to communicate among them by using server level variables. How can a php script set a variable which can be seen by another script (activated by another cron job) in the same website?

[MadTechie]

 

if reg.php is a post form you can do something like this

 

$_POST['submit'] = "submit";
$_POST['name'] = "bob";

include "reg.php";

 

or change the reg form to check a session and pass the data that way..

 

or am i missing something ?

[trq]

How can a php script set a variable which can be seen by another script (activated by another cron job) in the same website?

 

The only real solution to this would be to write the variable key / values to a file or a database. Sessions are not maintained upon execution of different scripts called via the command line and post data is simply non-existent.