Re: Redirecting and get length problems

--- Chris W <1qazse4@cox.net> wrote: > 3 of the fields in this form are to store various URL's so if they > are long URL's it is easy to see how I could go over the limit of > the max url length. So my question is what is the best alternative? > Is there a way to redirect and use a post instead of a get to send > the data? No, thankfully. :-) Imagine how bad it would be if by visiting a Web site, you could be tricked into posting data to some other Web site. > The only other Idea I have is to put the information in a temporary > table and just send a get with the key for the record in the table. Yes, this is what sessions are, and it sounds like a potentially good option for you. You can read here for more information: www.php.net/session Hope that helps. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security Handbook Coming mid-2004 HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/