storing form data without a database

[ryry1283]

I want to make a form that will store form data that I can use on another PHP page without using a MySQL database. I want to pass it over a few pages. Can I do this? If so, how?

By the way, all I really need to pass is a string of text. I wasn't sure if this mattered, so I included it.

All help is needed and appreciated.

Ryan K. Ariff.

[Viper007Bond]

You could POST it from one page to the next.

[SnakEyez]

If it has to be passed over many pages then the best method would be to use sessions. That means for the form processing you would have to make $_POST['string'] = $_SESSION['string']. And you would have to put the session_start(); line on every page it gets carried to. Then when you want to delete it just do session_destroy().

If you only need it on one page just use the $_POST['string'] to call out the variable. And keep in mind that I am using the post method for the form. If you are using the GET method it just changes to $_GET['string'].

[Viper007Bond]

Er, yeah, I'm retarded/half-awake. Use sessions for mutliple pages.

And I'd use POST over GET as GET is much easier to abuse as it's in the URL. Then again, GET is a lot easier to code.

[SnakEyez]

Er, yeah, I'm retarded/half-awake. Use sessions for mutliple pages.

And I'd use POST over GET as GET is much easier to abuse as it's in the URL. Then again, GET is a lot easier to code.

True, but if you want to make it secure with GET you can pass extra variables through the page, and you could always use $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to make sure the page they were at last was the page where the data was entered.

[RammsteinNicCag]

you could always use $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to make sure the page they were at last was the page where the data was entered.

Don't some firewalls allow you to block referrers?

Jennifer

[Viper007Bond]

Browsers even. I have a web developer extension for Firefox that'll allow me to do that kinda thing.