Query String into Single Value?

[objnoob]

Greetings,

 

I'm looking for a way to pass a query string (from page1) as part of a query string (to page2) as a single key=>value pair. The idea is the use the query string to return the user to the previous page after the action has been completed.

 

query results[page1]->view record/action selection[page2]->back to results[page1]

 

I'm sure someone has been down this path before. P.S. the script is all contained within one file, thus the filename.ext is already known.

 

Thanks

 

 

[Muddy_Funster]

If you are actioning the transit between pages with a form you can add your $query variable to a hidden field in the form, and catch it with $_POST on the other side.  alternatives would be to use a session variable to pass the data, or to use URL passing and $_GET to retieve it on the second page

[monkeytooth]

From one page to the next? like you click a link and go to the next page? Or you want it stored in general in a way you speak for all pages? Either way store it as an array in a session or cookie, if that dont work as a straight array try serializing and unserializing them and storing them in cookies/sessions..

[objnoob]

Yes, I would like to use URL passing but I want to pass the queryString (multiple key=>value pairs) as a single key=>value pair that can then be parsed back out to multiple pairs. Keeps things tidy.

[objnoob]

Instead of sending the referring queryString to the next page via URL, I just capture it using $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] and parse out the queryString which I include in the form has a hidden input. Once the data is submitted for processing, if all is well I use the queryString to build landing page.

 

This way user goes from qualified list of records -> to edit record form -> back to list of records qualified in the same manner.

 

Less secure then my intent to manually pass the referring queryString via URL, but it works.