Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-25 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, April 25, 2006 4:47 pm, Stut wrote: > 3b) User clicks on a normal link, goes to another page then hits > back... > user sees an evil-looking and unexpected question asking whether to > resubmit the form values. Most users I know will hit OK because they > don't understand it. This is bad, f

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-25 Thread Stut
Richard Lynch wrote: On Tue, April 25, 2006 12:47 pm, Stut wrote: As long as we're throwing foreign money into the ring, I'd just like to say that I make a point of redirecting to another page after a post request, otherwise you get unsightly errors in the browser when the user tries to use the

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-25 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, April 25, 2006 12:47 pm, Stut wrote: > As long as we're throwing foreign money into the ring, I'd just like > to > say that I make a point of redirecting to another page after a post > request, otherwise you get unsightly errors in the browser when the > user > tries to use the back/forward

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-25 Thread Robert Cummings
On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:47, Stut wrote: > Richard Lynch wrote: > > If you are doing your sanitization/filtering/validation correctly, you > > shouldn't even be READING $_POST after the first 3 lines of your PHP > > code anyway. (Okay, maybe first 10 lines.) > > The same goes for $_GET data also.

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-25 Thread Stut
Richard Lynch wrote: If you are doing your sanitization/filtering/validation correctly, you shouldn't even be READING $_POST after the first 3 lines of your PHP code anyway. (Okay, maybe first 10 lines.) The same goes for $_GET data also. The longer you use header("Location: ...") the more y

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-25 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, April 25, 2006 2:12 am, Richard Lynch wrote: I left out some steps... > 1. Writes a bunch of data to hard drive in $_SESSION > Or to your db, which ends up on your hard drive anyway, most likely. > Okay, this bit could get real complicated and picuyane, but let's just > agree that it uses

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-25 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, April 22, 2006 10:15 am, Todd Cary wrote: >if ($send) > header("location: mypage.php?message=" . $message); > > the data ($message) is passed in the URL. Is there a way to pass > the data as though it was a POST method i.e. not in the URL? Without copying and pasting a lot of bit

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-22 Thread Todd Cary
M. Sokolewicz wrote: Jochem Maas wrote: Todd Cary wrote: If I use if ($send) header("location: mypage.php?message=" . $message); the data ($message) is passed in the URL. Is there a way to pass the data as though it was a POST method i.e. not in the URL? probably, but I don't kno

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-22 Thread M. Sokolewicz
Jochem Maas wrote: Todd Cary wrote: If I use if ($send) header("location: mypage.php?message=" . $message); the data ($message) is passed in the URL. Is there a way to pass the data as though it was a POST method i.e. not in the URL? probably, but I don't know how off the top of m

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-22 Thread Stephen Lake
Where's Chris when we need him? I would be interested in also hearing his thoughts here too. "Jochem Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Todd Cary wrote: >> If I use >> >> if ($send) >> header("location: mypage.php?message=" . $message); >> >> the data ($mes

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-22 Thread Jochem Maas
Todd Cary wrote: If I use if ($send) header("location: mypage.php?message=" . $message); the data ($message) is passed in the URL. Is there a way to pass the data as though it was a POST method i.e. not in the URL? probably, but I don't know how off the top of my head. look into usin

Re: [PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-22 Thread Jim Lucas
Todd Cary wrote: If I use if ($send) header("location: mypage.php?message=" . $message); the data ($message) is passed in the URL. Is there a way to pass the data as though it was a POST method i.e. not in the URL? Todd you should look into using sessions to store the data maybe? A

[PHP] Using Header() to pass information...

2006-04-22 Thread Todd Cary
If I use if ($send) header("location: mypage.php?message=" . $message); the data ($message) is passed in the URL. Is there a way to pass the data as though it was a POST method i.e. not in the URL? Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://ww