1. RE: Is This Linux?
- Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Dec 01, 2002
- 391 views
> Kat writes: > > How to i read the POST vars from Apache on a remote FreeBSD box? > > The MicroEconomy submission form uses the POST method: > http://www.rapideuphoria.com/ecoform.htm > > The corresponding CGI program (running on FreeBSD) is here: > http://www.rapideuphoria.com/economy.txt > > POST is just a different way to transmit the query string. But what if (as kat suggested) I want to transmit a very long alphanumeric string as a tracking method for a visitor? I don't want to have a button, and there might be more than a few links. Is it possible to use POST in this scenario to keep that alphanumeric string ID alive? If I put all my links inside a form, will it then POST whatever link is clicked?
2. RE: Is This Linux?
- Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Dec 01, 2002
- 396 views
> > than a few links. Is it possible to use POST in this > > scenario to keep that alphanumeric string ID alive? > > If I put all my links inside a form, will it then POST > > whatever link is clicked? > > As far as I know, you can't use POST in that way. > It seems to me that if you want to send back a page to the > user containing customized links with long encoded strings, I want to avoid that, actually. I think using POST would allow me to HIDE the string in a hidden field... although, would source view reveal it? Security is not my issue here. User interface/aesthetics is more my concern. > When faced with this tracking problem, I thought briefly > about encoded strings and such, then I opted for cookies. > It seems easier. Yeah, I'm probably going to use cookies, definitely. heh. I'm just wanting to fill my knowledge base with all possible information. :)