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Hiding URL info
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:03 am
by kingdbag
Hey guys,
Is there anyway to hide URL info?
I switched from a <FORM action="lg.php" method="post"> to <FORM action="lg.php" method="get">
So now you can see what im passing to the next page.
lg.php?cisco_router=11.11.11.11&cisco_dev_cmd=ping&cisco_para=10.0.0.1
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:13 am
by feyd
I totally don't understand what you're wanting. If you don't want to show stuff in the URL, use post.

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:29 am
by kingdbag
well i needed to use get so I can have the drop downs remember what the person selected on the previous page.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:34 am
by RobertGonzalez
You can do that with POST, COOKIE or SESSION. You do not need to use GET. Alternatively, you can use a solution like mod_rewrite to make your urls not look so ugly and transparent.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:40 am
by kingdbag
Do you have a sample that shows how to remember a drop down selection using POST i couldn't find one so I had to use GET to make it work.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:58 am
by Kieran Huggins
it's virtually identical to GET except it's POST - then in PHP use $_POST instead of $_GET
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:59 am
by RobertGonzalez
Post your code that uses GET.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:22 am
by crazytopu
You can do that with POST, COOKIE or SESSION. You do not need to use GET. Alternatively, you can use a solution like mod_rewrite to make your urls not look so ugly and transparent.
So I could use mod_rewrite to hide this ugly looking code?
My first project -
http://www.ibcs-primax.com/link1.php?link_id=5
Ah! wish i had known it then...i so much hated how it looked so transparent and was reavealing all my skills

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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:38 am
by RobertGonzalez
As long as you are on Apache, yes. You could make that URL look like this if you wanted to...
http://www.ibcs-primax.com/links/5/
Alternatively, you could add text instead of ids, so it looks like
http://www.ibcs-primax.com/links/title-of-the-link/
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:51 am
by crazytopu
using that mode_rewrite?
Do you have an example? Can you post here please?
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:41 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Search the forums for mod_rewrite or rewrite rules. Or google it. There are a lot of sites with a lot of help available.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:37 pm
by kingdbag
I'm such an idoit sometimes.....I guess I was so excited that get and $_GET worked i never tried using post and $_POST that totally hides the variables being pass in the URL.
Thanks for the help guys.
I'm going to look into mod_rewrite also see what thats all about!