On 25 March 2004 20:17, Chris Thomas wrote:

> I am not sure if this was designed like this, or if its just
> something im doing wrong.
> 
> Im posting some data to a processing page, where i handle it then use
> Header('Location: other.php') to direct me to another page.
> 
> The problem that im running into is that the posted data is available
> in other.php.
> I would like to get it so that in other.php $_POST  should be
> an empty array

At a guess, you're using Apache and it's doing an "internal redirect" because you've 
used a relative pathname (so the file must be in the same document root!); in this 
case, Apache just does a silent internal substitution of the redirect page, and all 
data associated with the context will remain intact -- there is no round-trip back to 
your browser.

If you use an absolute URL in the Location: header, Apache will return the redirect to 
your browser -- and because your browser now knows it's a genuine new request, the 
POST data is not resent.

The trick is to look at the URL appearing in your browser's address bar -- if it stays 
as the originally requested address, Apache did an internal redirect; if it changes to 
the redirect address, it was an external redirect which round-tripped to your browser.

Cheers!

Mike

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