How can I avoid GET and force POST method in PHP?

[epicrecipe]

Hello PHP Ninjas,

I have a multipart form that needs to post to multiple FM7 tables via FX.php. Is it possible to force the POST method in PHP across all the pages? Here's the dealio:

Step 1: foo.php - Form action goes to foo-add.php

Step 2: foo-add.php - retrieves data via POST, submits to foo table in FM7, then redirects to bar.php?foo=123 via an html meta tag.

Step 3: bar.php - retrieves foo via GET, builds new form where foo is a hidden field. Form action goes to bar-add.php.

Step 4: bar-add.php - retrieves data via POST, submits to bar table in FM7, then redirects to success page.

For the sake of security, cleaner error trapping and stronger data entry integrity, I don't want to rely on data getting passed by GET from step 2 to 3. A user could simply change the data in the URL or a hacker might try to write their own script to access data via GET. I have to write considerably more PHP logic to prevent these scenarios.

How can I pass all variables via POST method in PHP/HTML without inserting a success step between Step 2 and 3? Your thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Shannon

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[Garry Claridge]

I've used "curl" in php to POST a Form. For example:

<?php

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://localhost:1154/FMPro");

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "-db=combotest.fp5&-format=-fmp_xml&-findall");

curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

?>

Good Luck.

Garry