forcing $_POST without html

[taith]

does anyone know a way of php forcing POST data to be passed to the next page, without html output?

[chigley]

Do you mean AJAX?

[Pancake]

$_SESSION['someSession'] = $_POST['someVal'];

 

And use the $_SESSION['someSession'] on any future page.

 

If you want to get rid of it:

 

unset($_SESSION['someSession']);

[taith]

nope... php... so i can say

 

<?force_post('name','value'); header("Location:;");?>

 

and then on the new page, have $_POST[name]='value';

 

and no... not sessions... i wanna be able to go cross servers...

[haku]

If you want to be able to cross servers (or rather domains), you are probably going to have to use $_GET variables.

[taith]

i know you can $_POST cross servers... its just that i dont think sites (like paypal) would accept $_GET variables... i just trying to find a way to force them onto the next page...

[chigley]

cURL?

[taith]

cant use curl on paypal... i know curl can set its own post variables... but you cant say, set variable, and redirect there at the same time...

[chigley]

You keep using PayPal as an example.. what are you trying to do?

[taith]

paypal is just one example... i'm trying to shorten down my shopping cart system...

 

so you "view cart" --> "billing info" --> "store billing info & redirect to paypal with form data(they require $_POST information(price, company, etc...))"

[taith]

i found a way around this (multiple form submissions(at the same time)) so this isnt of vital importance...

 

i still would like to know/make an answer for this though :-)

[craygo]

you can always have it hidden then use a onclick command to submit it

<form name=postform action="http://google.com" method=POST>
<input type=hidden value="hello">
</form>

<a href="javascript:document.postform.submit()">Hello</a>

 

Ray

[taith]

the idea is to have it have a <form> submits to one page, stores the data into the session, and redirects to another page(paypal, etc...), however paypal needs its own $_POST data... if you redirect, it wont carry the first $_POST through to the next... :'(