Re: form posting to a fake page (another idea)

Have a look at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html which gives countless examples of using mod_rewrite rules for this sort of thing. You can direct all requests to a single page and then let that page sort things out as it pleases. These are processed internal to the server without redirects (unless you want to use a redirect) and POST data is preserved. miguel On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, [ rswfire ] wrote: > I'm not trying to make the page redirect anywhere. I'm trying to create the > illusion of there being many pages when there is only one doing all the > work. > > For example: > > http://hsdnetwork.swifte.net/technicians.html > > The page, technicians.html, does not really exist. The server knows this > and so calls(redirects) the root index.php file. Why must it redirect? Why > can't Apache just substitute the index.php file without doing anything > else?? That's the real problem! If it did that, the posted variables would > be available. > > If you click the submit button on this page, you will see what I have had to > do to get around this. The action property is set to > "index.php?login=attempt&page=/technicians.html" when I would like the > action property to be "?login=attempt". > > This really shouldn't be so complicated! :-) > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Miguel Cruz <mnc@stoic.net> > To: "[ rswfire ]" <rswfire@hotmail.com> > CC: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] form posting to a fake page > Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:00:17 -0500 (CDT) > > Your error handler would read them and then construct a redirect > containing the form data in querystring format. > > miguel > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, [ rswfire ] wrote: > > $_POST[] variables do not exist on a redirected page; that's the problem! > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: Miguel Cruz <mnc@stoic.net> > > To: "[ rswfire ]" <rswfire@hotmail.com> > > CC: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] form posting to a fake page > > Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:56:32 -0500 (CDT) > > > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, [ rswfire ] wrote: > > > It would still require some knowledge of the posted data. If someone > > clicks > > > a submit button, and it is posting to a page that doesn't really > exist, > > then > > > when the index.php file gets called as a 404 errordocument, the posted > > > variables are already lost, so it wouldn't be possible to access the > > posted > > > variables in any fashion. The only possibility might be if Apache had > > some > > > way of dealing with this scenario and I am not that familiar with how > > Apache > > > works. And so, that leaves me with the only workaround I do know, > post > > to a > > > page that does exist! It's just not the ideal solution, but it works. > > > > Well, depending on the quantity of posted data, you could go through > > $_POST[] and turn them into GET args and pass them along to the > > appropriate page (not that I really understand what you're trying to do). > > > > miguel > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: > > http://messenger.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > >