Send POST data to PHP without using an HTML form?

Question

Is there anyway to send post data to a php script other than having a form? (Not using GET of course).

I want javascript to reload the page after X seconds and post

Answer 1

How about this:

    function redirectWithPostData(strLocation, objData, strTarget)
{
    var objForm = document.createElement('FORM');
    objForm.method = 'post';
    objForm.action = strLocation;

    if (strTarget)
        objForm.target = strTarget;

    var strKey;
    for (strKey in objData)
    {
        var objInput = document.createElement('INPUT');
        objInput.type = 'hidden';
        objInput.name = strKey;
        objInput.value = objData[strKey];
        objForm.appendChild(objInput);
    }

    document.body.appendChild(objForm);
    objForm.submit();

    if (strTarget)
        document.body.removeChild(objForm);
}

use like this:

redirectWithPostData('page.aspx', {UserIDs: getMultiUserSelectedItems()},'_top');