Question

Im Using the following code to validate (poorly, I know) a form’s $_POST[]ed data. How can I pass $auth onto the new page so I can print it for the user? (short of using my-account.php?auth=You Must......)

if (!$_POST['supportarea'] || !$_POST['supportbody']) {

$auth = 'You must provide some information if we are ever to help you with your support ticket';
header('Location: ../pages/my-account.php');
}

Thanks. Alex.

Answer 1

You should use the session. In your script:

session_start();
$_SESSION['flash'] = 'You must ...';

In the my-account.php script:

session_start();
if (!empty($_SESSION['flash'])) {
    $flash_message = htmlspecialchars($_SESSION['flash']);
    unset($_SESSION['flash']);
} else {
    $flash_message = null;
}

Then, if !empty($flash_message), show it to the user.