Question

I have a page where a user enters a search term, this then forwards to another page and runs a query based on this cookies contents. I was just wondering if it is good practice to do it this way? I know I can use a method=”post (or get)” but I need the information to be consistent across several pages and queries.

Answer 1

If you need data on multiple pages of the same server just on server side use Sessions.

// save data
session_start();
$_SESSION['query'] = $query;

// next page, use data
session_start();
// do something with $_SESSION['query']