Re: preserving variable values across pages.
| From: | Jason Wong | Date: | Tue, 12 Feb 2002 06:51:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: preserving variable values across pages. | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Tuesday 12 February 2002 14:22, Tehn Yit Chin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If I have the following code,
>
> <?php
> global $some_var
> <FORM action="next_page.php" method="post">
> type="submit" name="submit" value="foobar">
> </FORM>
> ?>
>
>
> When the user hits the submit button, the value in some_var disappears? Is
> there a way of perserving the value in $some_var.
GLOBAL in php is not the same as global in ASP. It is only global within the
lifetime of the script. What you need is a hidden element in your form
holding the value of $some_var.