passing variables from php file to anther

Question

How to pass variables from a php file to another while it is not html inputs ,just i have a link refer to the other file and i want to pass variables or values to it

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Answer 1

Use sessions to store any small value that needs to persist over several requests.

File1.php:

session_start();
$_SESSION['var'] = 'foo';

File2.php:

session_start();
$var = $_SESSION['var'];  // $var becomes 'foo'