php POST variable with headers

Question

This is the code:

header("Location: checkout/transactionCompleted.php?id=".$transactionId);

Then I use $_GET['id'] to get the value. So far so good.

Question: How can I do that by POSTING the variable instead and without using session??

Thanks,

George

Build a form, fill it, submit it using JavaScript. No other way — Pekka, Jun 09 '11 at 22:34
That's not good practice. The server should normally only respond to a POST with a GET redirect so that you don't have back button and refresh issues. — Abdullah Jibaly, Jun 09 '11 at 22:39
Also, you can use a cookie to store the transaction id as well. — Abdullah Jibaly, Jun 09 '11 at 22:41
@Abdullah Jibaly. Which is not a good solution? using $_SESSION or using $_GET? — yorgos, Jun 09 '11 at 22:49
It's not a good solution to try to emulate the server sending you to a page using POST. I'm referring to this pattern: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get — Abdullah Jibaly, Jun 09 '11 at 23:05

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 09 '11 at 22:36

$post_data = 'id='.$transactionId;
$content_length = strlen($post_data);

header('POST checkout/transactionCompleted.php');
header('Host: localhost');
header('Connection: close');
header('Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
header('Content-length: ' . $content_length);
header('');
header($post_data);

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 09 '11 at 22:37

$http_request  = "POST $path HTTP/1.0\r\n";
$http_request .= "Host: $host\r\n";
$http_request .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;\r\n";
$http_request .= "Content-Length: " . strlen($req) . "\r\n";
$http_request .= $req;

I think that you have to fill such form, and then send it.

php POST variable with headers

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