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fyrestorm	13 Nov, 2002 - 01:46 PM Post #1
D.I.C Lover Joined: 4 Apr, 2002 Posts: 3,103 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 228 My Contributions	is there a way to pass variables without them all being in the url?
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arniie	RE: Passing Variables 13 Nov, 2002 - 02:01 PM Post #2
D.I.C Addict Joined: 8 Oct, 2002 Posts: 999	yes use hidden fields, or store them in a database, or a file
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LuxFX	RE: Passing Variables 13 Nov, 2002 - 03:32 PM Post #3
D.I.C Head Joined: 9 Aug, 2001 Posts: 63	if you use the form method POST instead of GET, then the variables are passed invisibly. It is with GET that you see the variables in the url
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fyrestorm	RE: Passing Variables 13 Nov, 2002 - 03:35 PM Post #4
D.I.C Lover Joined: 4 Apr, 2002 Posts: 3,103 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 228 My Contributions	i'm not using a form
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klewlis	RE: Passing Variables 13 Nov, 2002 - 03:57 PM Post #5
cur tu me vexas? Joined: 9 Nov, 2001 Posts: 1,723	you could use session variables.
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LuxFX	RE: Passing Variables 14 Nov, 2002 - 08:32 AM Post #6
D.I.C Head Joined: 9 Aug, 2001 Posts: 63	or you could use javascript to save a cookie, which can also be retrieved from your server script
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skyhawk133	RE: Passing Variables 14 Nov, 2002 - 09:05 AM Post #7
Head DIC Head Joined: 17 Mar, 2001 Posts: 14,926 Thanked: 47 times Dream Kudos: 1650 Expert In: Web Development My Contributions	Or you could use PHP to make the cookie. Sessions would be best however. CODE ·Starting a Session - To start a session use session_start() and to register a variable in this session use the $_SESSION array. <?php session_start(); $_SESSION['my_var'] = 'Hello World'; ?>
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fyrestorm	RE: Passing Variables 15 Nov, 2002 - 01:55 PM Post #8
D.I.C Lover Joined: 4 Apr, 2002 Posts: 3,103 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 228 My Contributions	it turns out that a little javascript and cookies solved my problem...
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