Re: [PHP] How to send "post"-variables in a "Location" header

On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Ajay Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I have a scenario, wherein I need to do something like this ::
>
> ###############################################################
>         $original_url = "/autologin.php";
>         $username = "ajay";
>         $password = "garg";
>
>         header('Location: ' . $original_url);
> ###############################################################
>
> As can be seen, I wish to redirect to the URL "autologin.php".
>
> Additionally, I wish to pass two POST key-value pairs :: "user=ajay" and
> "password=garg" (I understand that passing GET key-value pairs is trivial).
>
> Is it  even possible?
> If yes, I will be grateful if someone could let me know how to redirect to
> a URL, passing the POST key-value pairs as necessary.

    No.  Sending a 'Location:' header issues an HTTP 301 by default,
which means the browser will follow it using a GET request.  If you
can't pass the information from one location to another using sessions
or (less ideally) cookies, you might consider doing a cURL POST
request in the background and passing the session ID back to the
browser, and having it handle it appropriately (read: session
hijack).

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</Daniel P. Brown>
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