Passing a $_POST reference to another page

[epots9]

would it be possible to pass the contains of a $_POST reference to another page without submitting the form?

I have a page which using $_POST to fill up some of the fields, and i have a print button that re-open the same exact page in a new window (javascript), without all the buttons, icons, etc. for a printer-friendly page, but since i'm not submitting the page the $_POST references are lost...how can i get around this?

**i'm trying to aviod merging everything into a single string and storing it as an session.

thanks in advance

[pbmods]

Heya epots9.

If you use $_REQUEST instead of $_POST, you could pass the values in the URL.

Alternatively, you could use CSS to make the printed copy pretty (specify media="print" in the LINK tag, or use a

@media print {
    body {
        color: #000000;
    }
 
    /* etc. */
}

rule in your stylesheet).

Without making an AJAX call or submitting a form, though, you can't POST from the browser.

[mwasif]

Save all the POSTed data in session like
[PHP]$_SESSION = $_POST;[/PHP]

May be someone else can give you a better solution.

[The problem in this approach, it may overwrite some session data incase of same index values]

[epots9]

thanks for the replies, i think due to state i'm in and where i am, sessions will have to be the answer

[pbmods]

[PHP]$_SESSION = $_POST;[/PHP]

[The problem in this approach, it may overwrite some session data incase of same index values]

Use

array_merge($_SESSION, $_POST);

, or

$_SESSION += array_diff_key($_POST, $_SESSION);

.