Passing values to next page using anchor tag

Question

One quick question -

I have an anchor tag which on clicking opens a new target window.

I don't want to pass the values either in post or get method.

my html code is like this.

    <a class="employee_details" target="_blank" href="index1.php?name=username&id=123">UserName</a>

Is there a way to pass the values to the next page using jquery in a hidden type since there is no submit button. In other words, clicking the anchor tag will redirect to another one page where i should get the name and id and that part should NOT BE VISIBLE ANYWHERE in the url.

Any help Kimz

Solution 1

You said that you don't want anything in the url to be shown except from page name so why not using a form with psot method? Post will not show anything in the browser and you won't have to deal with sessions/cookies which require more work.

From documentation

• POST requests are never cached
• POST requests do not remain in the browser history
• POST requests cannot be bookmarked
• POST requests have no restrictions on data length

<form method="post" action="index1.php">
  <input type="hidden" name="name" value="username" />
  <input type="hidden" name="username" value="123" />
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /> 
</form>

Now in your second page you just need to retrieve data you need throw variable $_POST['name'] and $_POST['username']. You can also make your submit button look like a link with some css.

Solution 2

You can use the session variable to pass the value from one page to another page.

Comments

[AO_]

You should keep the anchor outside of the form in this case to preserve inline-display..

[Rohit Awasthi]

inline-display means?

[AO_]

Form is a display:block element which will force the other elements around the anchor to not share the line it sits on..... e.g. w3schools.com/cssref/…