PHP : Post get method, need some advice

Solution:

You can use something like this:

1st page (page1.php)

<form action="page2.php" method="post">
    <input type="text" name="firstname" value="" />
    <input type="text" name="lastname" value="" />
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
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2nd (page2.php)

Retrieve and validate$_POST['firstname'] and$_POST['lastname'], then create an output with your required data, you can use hidden fields or create links, according your needs. For instance:

$firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
$lastname  = $_POST['lastname'];

// Output with links can pass data by GET method
echo '<a href="page3.php?firstname='.$firstname.'&lastname='.$lastname.'"></a>';

// Output with hidden fields, you can use POST or GET method or even Javascript/Ajax
echo '
<form action="page3.php" method="get">
    <input type="hidden" name="firstname" value="'.$firstname.'" />
    <input type="hidden" name="lastname" value="'.$lastname.'" />
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>';
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3rd page (page3.php)

If you use the solution with a link or with a form with GET method, you can retrieve the data inpage3.php just doing the following:

$firstname = $_GET['firstname'];
$lastname  = $_GET['lastname'];
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Hope it can help you!

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