RE: [phplib] Max url length From: Ignatius Teo (iteo <email protected>)
Date: 07/31/00

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> From: nrosenb2 <email protected> [mailto:nrosenb2 <email protected>]
> Sent: Saturday, 30 September 2000 21:39
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> Subject: [phplib] Max url length
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> 2 questions ...
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> 1) Is there a max limit on a url length in netscape?
> I'm send arguments with $sess->purl("file.php3?$my_args");
> where $my_args is
> made up of 2 x 32 character id's, from md5(uniqid($hash)), and a unix
> timestamp. In IE5 all is o.k. however in Netscape it cuts
> off the end parts and
> hence my sql statements fail.

Use hidden form variables instead to pass the id's and timestamp rather than thru the url.
 
> 2) Is there any other way to submit a form without a submit
> button or without an
> image (ie: using text, like a link) If I could get this
> right, the above
> problem would not exist as I could submit all the vars in a form.
 
I'm not so sure that this would fix the problem.
But it can be done using an <a href="javascript: submit()">Submit</a> tag.
 
> Thx
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> Nick
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