Hi Merlin, try with sessions. in this case you don't have to append something to the URL as parameters Merlin schrieb am 24.08.2006 11:40: > Hi there, > > I do have a form where there is also a field with max 2000 characters > the user can put in. > > Now before processing the data with php, I do a checkin the script for > certain criterias if something lookes wrong I do redirect him to the > original form with inserting the data he has entered. I do this via GET > e.g.: ?title=test&body=blablub > > That works fine with one exception. If the user does enter 2000 > characters (or a lot c.) they do get transfered via URL as well and that > is not possible. Firfox for example then simply displays a blank page!!! > It would be fine if he would return with just a few less characters, but > at least display the error message I am providing. > > Now, 2 questions: > 1) Does anybody know why firefox is shoing a blank page? If the URL does > contain less characters, lets say 100 everything works fine. > 2) How could I possibly save his entry? Maybe with the help of a cookie? > But then, I do redirect to the page. So I do send a header. As far as I > know this only once possible? > For example: > setcookie('bla test'); > HEADER("Location:".$data[rurl]."?error=".$error.$parameter); > > I would rather not like to use the help of a database. > > Any ideas? > > Regards, > > Merlin > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php