How do I re-direct using PHP header function with form data included?

Question

I am working on a form site with a pretty traditional php form which emails the data to myself after it is entered then re-directs the user to a html page using the header function.

I was wondering if I could change the header function to redirect to a php page which would display the data that was entered in the form. Is this possible and how do you do it?

[this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4281900/php-header-redirect-with-post-variables) question is similar to yours and might help you. — optimusprime619, Jun 01 '12 at 10:17
header("Location: http://example.com/index.php?var1=$foo&var2=$bar") — Sam Arul Raj T, Jun 01 '12 at 10:22

Simone · Answer 1 · 2012-06-01T10:29:39.670

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You can, but you need to send the data via http GET. For example:

$foo = $_POST['foo'];
$bar = $_POST['bar'];
header('Location: http://example.com/index.php?var1=$foo&var2=$bar');

However, a better solution is to process the submit in the same page, so you can directly display the data:

echo htmlentities($_POST['foo']);

edited Jun 01 '12 at 10:29

answered Jun 01 '12 at 10:15

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This is working, when the user did not post an arbitary length of data. – Pethical Jun 01 '12 at 11:54

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '12 at 10:15

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You can't do it, but you can put the posted data into a $_SESSION variable, then redirect the user.

answered Jun 01 '12 at 10:15

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How do I re-direct using PHP header function with form data included?

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