Transfer variables between PHP pages

Question

I want to get user input in one page, store that in a php variable and use it in another php page. I have tried using \'sessions\' but it doesn\'t seem to be working. Is the

Answer 1

There are several ways:

• use sessions (but don't forget to call session_start() on every page you'll use the session data store ($_SESSION))
• append your data to the query string of the "next" page ($_GET)
• post your data to the "next" page ($_POST)

The session-way is the only way on which the data does not "leave" the server as it's stored on the server itself. For all other ways mentioned above you have to take care of sanitizing and validating the data on the receiving page.

The most simple way would be

//page1.php
session_start();
$_SESSION['user']='user';
$_SESSION['password']='password';

//page2.php
session_start();
echo $_SESSION['user'] . ' ' . $_SESSION['password'];