passing $_POST variable from one page to other

Question

Suppose I have three PHP files: 1.php, 2.php, 3.php

1.php sends data with POST method to 2.php. Now I want 2.php to send the same data to 3.php with POST method. I want to link from 2.php to 3.php with a single button.

How can I do that?

Why are you trying to do this ? What have you tried ? Show some code. — SilentAssassin, Feb 26 '13 at 08:35
i'm new to php . i want to delete an user from database. after taking input i want to show a confirmation page that "are you sure to delete ?" , if YES, then i will pass the $_POST variable to next page to delete the user . — palatok, Feb 26 '13 at 08:42
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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '13 at 08:34

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Use anchor tag

<a href="3.php?var=<?php $_POST['var']?>"></a>

OR

use a form with hidden fields :

<input type="hidden" name="var" value="<?php $_POST['var']?>" />

and submit the form

answered Feb 26 '13 at 08:34

Prasanth Bendra

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '13 at 08:39

Here are 4 options on how to do this (first 3 don't require user action, with the 3rd you can auto-submit, but can let the user see it and submit it manually):

In 2.php you simply use include '3.php'; - thus having access to $_POST in 3.php
Use stream_context_create
Use CURL
Re-generate a form with a submit button.

 <form action="3.php" method="POST">
 <?php
 foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
     echo "<input type='text' name='{$key}' value='{$value}' />"; // if it's an array, you can serialize it
 }
 ?><input type="submit"></form>

You can now show it to the user, or submit it with javascript.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 26 '13 at 08:40

You will have read the data in 2.php and create a form with hidden input tags containing that data, which will have 3.php as action source defined.

e.g

<form action="3.php">

   <input type=hidden" name="foo" value="bar">
</form>

will post { :foo => bar }

to 3.php

Maybe you also just consider using a user session and save the values in it

passing $_POST variable from one page to other

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