Hi,
why don't u use session ?
$_session['duplicateuser']=$username;
--- Sudhakar <finals27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i have an if else situation wherein if a user
> registers with a name
> that is already available in the database i redirect
> them to
> duplicateuser.php or else redirect to thankyou.php
>
> presently i am able to pass value of a variable
> $username as part of
> the url and i am able to read using GET by doing so
> the value
> appears in the browser address bar and i would like
> to use hidden
> and also be able to read this value
>
> following is the code i am presently using
>
> if($usernamerows > 0)
> {
> header("Location: duplicateuser.php?
> duplicateuser=".$username);
>
> }
> else
> {
> header("Location: thankyou.php?fname=".$fname);
> }
>
> how can i use hidden so that the url does not get
> appended in the
> address bar and still the read the value of the
> variables i want to
> pass and how should i read the variables in the
> other pages, is it
> $_POST[]
>
> i tried using this code just before the header()
> statement but it
> does not work and i get an error.
>
> echo "<input type ='hidden' name='duplicateuser'
> value='$username'>";
> echo "<input type ='hidden' name='fname'
> value='$fname'>";
>
> please advice.
>
> thanks.
>
>
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