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Anuj Hari
Anuj Hari

Reputation: 543

Hide parameters from the URL for users to see

I was just wondering if there is any possible way of getting rid of the parameters in a link. For example, I have this redirecting the user back to the original form if any errors come up:

www.mywebsite.com/form.php?error_code=1021

But I don't want the user to see the error_code=1021.

How would I code it in PHP so that after it redirect to the page with the error, it looks like this to the user:

www.mywebsite.com/form.php

Upvotes: 2

Views: 96

Answers (4)

CodeAngry
CodeAngry

Reputation: 12985

Use set_cookie() to set the error as a url-specific cookie and use $_COOKIE['error_core'] when displaying the error to the user. Don't set an expiry date so the browser drops it on exit.

Upvotes: 0

zerkms
zerkms

Reputation: 254886

Sessions are overkill in this case.

It's much more convenient just not to redirect after a form validation.

That's it - render the form and validate by the same script. That way it will also be trivial to re-fill the form with the previous values.

There is no practical reasons to follow the PRG pattern in this particular case.

Upvotes: 2

gattsbr
gattsbr

Reputation: 3772

Have a look at the examples on the session_start page from the php manual, you can find it here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php

Upvotes: 0

AbraCadaver
AbraCadaver

Reputation: 78994

You can take the advice in the comments and not redirect, or if you must, I would use sessions:

session_start();
$_SESSION['error_code'] = '1021';
header('Location: http://www.mywebsite.com/form.php');
exit;

Then in the form you would need session_start() and then access $_SESSION['error_code'].

Upvotes: 3

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