Hi Merlin,
try with sessions. in this case you don't have to append something to
the URL as parameters
Merlin schrieb am 24.08.2006 11:40:
> Hi there,
>
> I do have a form where there is also a field with max 2000 characters
> the user can put in.
>
> Now before processing the data with php, I do a checkin the script for
> certain criterias if something lookes wrong I do redirect him to the
> original form with inserting the data he has entered. I do this via GET
> e.g.: ?title=test&body=blablub
>
> That works fine with one exception. If the user does enter 2000
> characters (or a lot c.) they do get transfered via URL as well and that
> is not possible. Firfox for example then simply displays a blank page!!!
> It would be fine if he would return with just a few less characters, but
> at least display the error message I am providing.
>
> Now, 2 questions:
> 1) Does anybody know why firefox is shoing a blank page? If the URL does
> contain less characters, lets say 100 everything works fine.
> 2) How could I possibly save his entry? Maybe with the help of a cookie?
> But then, I do redirect to the page. So I do send a header. As far as I
> know this only once possible?
> For example:
> setcookie('bla test');
> HEADER("Location:".$data[rurl]."?error=".$error.$parameter);
>
> I would rather not like to use the help of a database.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Merlin
>
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