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Re: global var vs session vs something else maybe? [message #169842 is a reply to message #169840]

Tue, 28 September 2010 05:11

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"Kentor" <kentor(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I'm running a query in initialFile.php which then displays some
> information on the page. Later, the user has the option of clicking on
> a load button, which loads a map to display this information on a
> Google map.
>
> initialFile.php has a query (that I need sometime later) and this page
> has a button which runs a javascript function in loadMap.js which
> makes an AJAX call to another file ajaxFile.php (where I need the
> query so I can run it again).
> I don't want the user to be able to see the query through cookies or
> anything unsafe for the site.
>
> My question is the following, is there a way to create a global
> variable in initialFile.php and then access it in ajaxFile.php ? If
> so, how would I do it? I have tried and failed using several options.
> Is it better to just use a session to pass that query?
> Would you have any better ways of doing this?

Session cookies. It's all in the manual.

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		global var vs session vs something else maybe? By: Kentor on Tue, 28 September 2010 04:34
		Re: global var vs session vs something else maybe? By: J.O. Aho on Tue, 28 September 2010 05:10
		Re: global var vs session vs something else maybe? By: Kentor on Tue, 28 September 2010 20:11
		Re: global var vs session vs something else maybe? By: rf on Tue, 28 September 2010 05:11

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