Re: Global Variable Issues

you could use a database or you could write the information to a textfile on the server, i have used that sometimes to transfer large lumps of info from 1 page to another if i didnt want to use a database. "Cam" <ccrews@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in message news:20030315011014.80958.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Through past releases of PHP, I've developed with global variables on. > These days it's becoming the trend, for security & asthetics purposes, to > turn global variables off... Let's say I have a $status variable that > changes depending upon the user's actions on the previous page and displays > a message... > > Is there a way to propagate this variable through pages without 1) declaring > it as a global, 2) writing it to a cookie, 3) passing it through the URL or > 4) passing it through a form w/ POST? > > 1-globals are now off > 2-cookie writing is impracical & no desire to store 1 time information > client side > 3-displaying the status message in the URL (or a status id) would look > unprofessional and allow for user manipulation of the message they see by > editing the URL string > 4-not all my site's page transitions occur through forms, so I see no way to > use $_POST every time > > I appreciate any suggestions & hearing your thoughts, > > Cam > >