>
> I have a beginner's question.
>
> I'm trying to redirect the program flow to another .htm page using
> $http_headers_out{Location} but I also want to pass a message ($msg) to
the
> new page using POST method.
>
> [-
> $msg = "Error saving data #53: really really long explanation....";
> $http_headers_out{Location}="acc_admin.htm";
> exit;
> -]
>
> What's the best way to do that?
>
You can't do a POST request as an redirect, but you can do a GET to pass the
data
[-
$r = shift ;
$http_headers_out{Location}="acc_admin.htm?msg=" . $r -> Escape ($msg, 2) ;
The Escape makes sure you don't get trouble with any special chars inside
the url
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