Re: Re: Form Data Transfer b/w Pages

I agree. $_GET[] would expose the username and password on the URL. > For ease of use, i would create a session and handle it that way or you > could pass it through $_GET[] > Query string. > Would recommend $_SESSION though. > Cheers > > "Sobajo" <tunde@sobajo.com> wrote in message > news:20040421113728.51451.qmail@pb1.pair.com... >> Two forms (form1 and form2 submit to the same controller.php file. The >> controller redirects the page depending on the value of hidden value >> 'page'. I want form data 'username' and 'password' to be >> available on >> both redirected pages (staff.php and customer.php). How do I accomplish >> this? >> >> <!--form1.php--> >> <form action="controller.php" method="post"> >> <input type="hidden" name="page" value="staff.php"> >> <input name="password" type="password"> >> <input name="username" type="text"> >> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> >> </form> >> >> <!--form2.php--> >> <form action="controller.php" method="post"> >> <input type="hidden" name="page" >> value="customer.php"> >> <input name="password" type="password"> >> <input name="username" type="text"> >> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> >> </form> >> >> <?php >> //controller.php >> header("Location: http://" . >> $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] >> . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) >> . "/" >> . $_POST["page"]); >> ?> >> >> <?php >> //user.php >> echo "Staff Name = " . $_POST["username"]; >> echo "Staff Password = " . $_POST["password"]; >> ?> >> >> >> <?php >> //customer.php >> echo "Customer Name = " . $_POST["username"]; >> echo "Customer Password = " . $_POST["password"]; >> ?> >