RE: [PHP] Keeping POST values when paging

Thanks Wolf and Eric, I shall experiment with the two options you have suggested. Cheers, Jon. -----Original Message----- From: Wolf [mailto:lonewolf@nc.rr.com] Sent: 07 July 2008 14:58 To: Mayer, Jonathan Cc: 'php-general@lists.php.net' Subject: Re: [PHP] Keeping POST values when paging ---- "Mayer wrote: > Hiya all, > > I have coded a PHP site on an intranet which forms a MySQL query based on > multiple inputs on a large form. The form results are POSTed back to itself, > and query is formed, and the results are returned from the database and > echoed. > > I am looking to set up a basic paging system (back/next, jump to page 3, > etc) in order to limit results for efficiency. > > The problem I get is that my "next" link - something like > href='resultspage.php?page=2' - naturally reloads the page without all the > POST variables it needs to recreate the query. > > Is there some way of forcing the page to remember and reload the POST > variables when clicking "next"? Or, if that's difficult, can anyone suggest > a good way of addressing this problem without too much recoding? I'm sure > there must be a neater way of doing it then simply passing 30 or so > variables using GET. > > Many thanks in advance. > Jon. Set session variables, have the script check the session variables. That'll keep the pages rolling, shouldn't take much coding, and you can change some things on-the-fly. HTH, Wolf