Passing variable from 1st page to 3rd page in PHP

Question

I need to pass a variable from page one to third page how do I make it?

I can pass variable from 1 page to next
how can i to pass variable from 1st to second page and same value to 3rd page

here is the example

<a href="page2.php?myname=Suraj Mittal&age=22&fav_color=White&fav_fruit=Grapes">Click here to send variables in the URL</a>

second page

<?php
 $name = $_GET['myname'];
$age = $_GET['age'];
$color = $_GET['fav_color'];
$fruit = $_GET['fav_fruit'];
        echo "My name is ".$name.". and I am ".$age." years old. My favourite color is ".$color." and my favourite fruit is ".$fruit.".";
?>

There are multiple ways to reach your goal. 1. Sessions 2. Pass through the URL 3. Post 4. Cookie 5. Globals. What do you exactly want? — GuyT, Sep 23 '14 at 08:21
@GuyT which is safe and best to pass variable to 2page continues — sanoj lawrence, Sep 23 '14 at 08:23
@sanoj lawrence, if you read it carefully, it will make sense my friend, I promise. — Abulurd, Sep 23 '14 at 08:24
@sanojlawrence No method is safe by themselves. You have to validate the user input. I would advice you to use `$_SESSION` in a case like this. — GuyT, Sep 23 '14 at 08:25
@sanojlawrence Like the others already mentioned: start with `session_start();` on every page and use `$_SESSION['name'] = $value` to set the session variable and `echo $_SESSION['name']` to use the value. — GuyT, Sep 23 '14 at 08:28
[Saroj](http://stackoverflow.com/users/3836908/sanoj-lawrence) I think you should use either session or POST method in this type of case. Pass through URL is not a safe way and cookie may cause problem if user destroy in between. — Sunil Chhimpa, Sep 23 '14 at 10:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 23 '14 at 08:27

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You can use session to do this

 session_start();

 $_SESSION["myname"] = $_GET['myname'] ;

 $_SESSION["age"] = $_GET['age'] ;

and then you can access this SESSION variables on any page.

on your page where u want to access age, do like this

$age=$_SESSION["age"] ;

edited Sep 23 '14 at 08:27

Khushboo

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answered Sep 23 '14 at 08:22

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Ahmedabad how to add session here the value here is Ahmedabad – sanoj lawrence Sep 23 '14 at 08:29
you want to add "Ahmedabad" in Session or you want to display "Ahmedabad" using session ? – Khushboo Sep 23 '14 at 08:33
@saroj what do you want to do exactly ? – Sunil Chhimpa Sep 23 '14 at 08:33
@SunilChhimpa Ahmedabad its a link to a page and Ahmedabad is value to make session with that – sanoj lawrence Sep 23 '14 at 09:19
you can do it like this echo $age; or you can echo session value directly. – Sunil Chhimpa Sep 23 '14 at 10:13

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '14 at 08:21

You can just pass the variables again using the same method, passing them through the URL or put them in a session so they can be accessed anywhere, at least while the session is still active.

For example:

<?php

session_start();

$_SESSION['myname'] = $_GET['myname'];
$_SESSION['age'] = $_GET['age'];
$_SESSION['fav_color'] = $_GET['fav_color'];
$_SESSION['fav_fruit'] = $_GET['fav_fruit'];

Vimalnath · Answer 3 · 2014-09-23T08:32:02.910

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Why don't you use PHP session variables. Bascially, PHP session variables could be accessed anywhere inside the application.

session_start();
$_SESSION["myname"]    = $_GET['myname'];
$_SESSION["age"]       = $_GET['age'];
$_SESSION["fav_color"] = $_GET['fav_color'];
$_SESSION["fav_fruit"] = $_GET['fav_fruit'];

To Get the entire session variables/values in your third page:

echo '<pre>';
print_r($_SESSION);

edited Sep 23 '14 at 08:32

answered Sep 23 '14 at 08:19

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but in 1st page there are many variable and user has to select a variable and it has to move to 3 pages how to do that with session – sanoj lawrence Sep 23 '14 at 08:21
You could store as many variables in the $_SESSION variable and use it in any page. – Vimalnath Sep 23 '14 at 08:22
This might help http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_sessions.asp – GroovyCarrot Sep 23 '14 at 08:23
You can find useful information at http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_sessions.asp – Grégory Vorbe Sep 23 '14 at 08:23
NEVER EVER USE w3schools! It's not an official resource! – GuyT Sep 23 '14 at 08:24
anybody let me know why the downvote? – Vimalnath Sep 23 '14 at 08:25
@WilliamFrancisGomes I would say SESSION is the best bet here! – Vimalnath Sep 23 '14 at 08:36

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 23 '14 at 08:41

You can use like below:

On first page you used this URL:

<a href="page2.php?var_one=1&var_two=2&var_three=3">Go to second page</a>

Similarly on second page you can use below URL:

<a href="page3.php?var_one=1&var_two=2&var_three=3">Go to third page</a>

Let me know if it worked out for you. If details needed knock me.

Regards.

Passing variable from 1st page to 3rd page in PHP

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