Re: Passing variables between pages

At 8:39 PM +0100 9/21/08, Stut wrote:

On 21 Sep 2008, at 18:13, Nathan Rixham wrote:

at it's simplest is this correct..? index.php <?php $variables = $_POST; include 'anotherscript.php'; ?> anotherscript.php <?php print_r( $variables ); //include has access to $variables from parent print_r( $_POST ); //include has access to post data as well ?> I'm struggling to follow here I thinks! lol

I don't think you're missing the point Nathan, I think you've hit it on the head. This technique does not solve the problem of passing variables between requests. I think the only benefit here is to avoid having to repost data by including the next script rather than bouncing off the browser. Or maybe I'm missing the point. -Stut

-Stut and Nathan: The problem was not how to pass variables between requests, but rather how to variables between pages -- as the subject line indicates. There are several options available to do this, I can use POST, GET, COOKIE, and SESSION -- correct? Now, I am only demonstrating there is another option -- try this: script1.php <?php $test = "this is a test'; ob_clean(); include('a.php'); exit(0); ?> script2.php <?php echo($test); ?> Running this successfully passes the variable $test from script1.php to script2.php -- does it not? Here's a working example (showing all code): http://www.webbytedd.com/bb/script2script/ Sure, I am using a form to trigger this operation so you can see it happen, however there is no data contained or passed by the POST -- as shown by the empty print_r($_REQUEST). While this is very simple -- it does pass variables from one script to another without using POST, GET, COOKIE, or SESSION. Or is there something here that I am not getting? Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com