Question

Is it possible to send an array with a header('Location:); so the array can be echo’d after redirect? I have a signup form and on error it redirects to the homepage, on success it redirects to the member page. if I can do something like $arr['error_message'] = 'Invalid Password'; then on the redirect if (isset($arr['error_message'])) { echo $arr['error_message']; }

This is to hopefully achieve not needing an extra URL parameter (&error=Invalid%20Login). I noticed $_SESSION is an option but what if the user has multiple tabs open? Or am I stuck with using more URL params?

Answer 1

You can use $_GET to do that, like

 if($success)
 {
     $msg="success";
     header("Location: member.php?msg=$msg");
 }
 else
 {
     $msg="Invalid Password";
     header("Location: home.php?msg=$msg"); 
 }

And retrive in you current page like

if(isset($_GET['msg']))
{ 
    echo $_GET['msg']; 
}