Re: Sending a string with $_POST/$_GET

[Burhan Khalid <phplist@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ross wrote:
> I want to write a string to a variable and use $_POST or $_GET to retrieve 
> it on another page.
>
> I keep gettting an undefined index errror. Can someone show me how this is 
> done?
>
> Do I have to use session_start() ?

This would be ideal.

> Have checked the documentation, can't find a really basic example.

Well you didn't post any code, so I can't give you specifics, but a 
crude example is :

<?php
  session_start();
  $_SESSION['some-string'] = "hello I am a string";
  echo '<a href="page2.php">Read the string</a>';
?>

<?php
  session_start();
  echo 'String is : '.$_SESSION['some-string'];
?>

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