Pass $_Post array to another page 1

[jordanking]

Hello,

I have a form that accepts user info, evaluates it for errors, and if there are no errors inserts a record into a mysql databse. The page evaluates or targets itself. What I am wondering is... is it possible to pass the contents of the post array, unchanged, to another page after the record insert function based on the value of one of the form fields?

I managed to do it using the url string

i.e:

if ($_POST['listers'] == 1){
			$insertGoTo = "comp_submissions.php";
			if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
				$insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
				$insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
			}
			header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
			// if the record has been inserted, clear the POST array
		    $_POST = array();
	  } else {
	  		$insertGoTo = "colisting.php";
			if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
				$insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
				$insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
				$insertGoTo .= "user_id=".$_POST['user_id'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&dt_enter=".$_POST['dt_enter'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&dt_service=".$_POST['dt_service'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&service_id=".$_POST['service_id'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&address=".$_POST['address'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&quadrant=".$_POST['quadrant'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&city=".$_POST['city'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&vendor=".$_POST['vendor'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&zone=".$_POST['zone'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&listers=".$_POST['listers'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&signs=".$_POST['signs'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&co_listing=".$_POST['co_listing'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&co_value=".$_POST['co_value'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&status=".$_POST['status'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&instructions=".$_POST['instructions'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&hanger1=".'';
				$insertGoTo .= "&hanger2=".'';
				$insertGoTo .= "&hanger3=".'';
				$insertGoTo .= "&topper=".'';
				$insertGoTo .= "&amount=".$_POST['amount'];
				$insertGoTo .= "&price=".$_POST['price'];					
			}
			header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
	  }

This code is immediatley after the insert record function.

but there are some values here I don't want the user to be able to see. Can I do something similar to pass the values again as post values, I realise I might be missing something obivous

any help is appreciated

JK

 

[sleipnir214]

Have you looked at PHP's session variables?

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php

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[vacunita]

I agree with Sleip. look into Session variables, to pass the data.

Imagine if you could just alter the POST array, whats to stop a shady programmer from altering the values like a Total charge on a credit card before it gets to the destination to be processed. It would be a real security hazard.

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[jordanking]

Thanks sleipnir and vacunita,

I had initially designed the proccess to use session varraibles. But was just trying to look at different approaches. On a side note, does loading up 20 plus session variables affect processing time?

I guess I am just looking for that elusive "fasted possible way".

JK

 

[vacunita]

That depends on your server. since the session variables are stored in a file in the server, as long as you have space you can store session variables. I don't think 20 variables will slow down processing noticeably from the User's perspective, Since everything is done server-side.



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[sleipnir214]

On a side note, does loading up 20 plus session variables affect processing time?

Insufficient data for a meaningful answer.

I could, for example store anywhere from 40 bytes to 4,000,000 bytes in 20 session variables. It is not unusual for e-commerse code to store several thousand bytes in session variables.



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[jordanking]

thanks,

session variables it is
jk