Getting values of a variable from one page to the another

Question

I have a page [page A] that sends variable values to another page[page B]. Currently, I have been using the $_GET method to get the values from [page A] on [page B]. This is how the url in [page A] looks like

$id=2; <a href="pageB.php?id=$id">Goto Page B</a>

and on [Page B]

$id=$_GET['id'];
echo $id;

In this way I perfectly receive the value of the id from [page A] on [page B].

My questions is, would be possible to receive the value of the id from [page A] onto [page B] without adding ?id=$id to the url in [page A] ?

Please if yes, how can I do this. Thanks

You'll need to use [sessions](http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_sessions.asp), plenty of [tutorials](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php) online. Or [cookies](http://www.php.net//manual/en/features.cookies.php). Sessions would be better. — scrowler, Jun 23 '14 at 23:25

Mark Miller · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-23T23:45:24.923

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You can use a $_SESSION variable, which will be available on every page once activated:

Page A:

<?php
    session_start();
    $_SESSION['id'] = 2;
?>

Page B:

<?php
    session_start();
    if (isset($_SESSION['id']))
        echo $_SESSION['id']; // 2
?>

edited Jun 23 '14 at 23:45

answered Jun 23 '14 at 23:25

Mark Miller

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Just an advice: Try to check if var really exists `isset($_SESSION['id'])` because user may block cookies or delete them before going to Page B. – Zerquix18 Jun 23 '14 at 23:27
Aryt thanks..I was making a research and i found this answer,i want to know if sessions are preferred to this answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/1244331/2595059. – George Jun 23 '14 at 23:40
@George I would certainly prefer sessions over that answer. Seems unnecessarily complex for what you're trying to do. – Mark Miller Jun 23 '14 at 23:44

schnabler · Answer 2 · 2014-06-23T23:42:19.280

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you want to use sessions here:

session_start(); 
$_SESSION['id']= $id;

$id can of course be any value.

edited Jun 23 '14 at 23:42

answered Jun 23 '14 at 23:27

schnabler

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The question asks what to use *instead of get variables* – scrowler Jun 23 '14 at 23:35

Getting values of a variable from one page to the another

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