Adding data to URL for bookmarking

[timothytoe]

My URL usually looks something like this (of course with much more
data)...

http://www.site.com/page.php?data=AAAGX

The data is mandatory.

If someone comes into this page like this (without the data)...

http://www.site.com/page.php

....then I check a cookie to see what the most recent data was and
proceed. If there's no cookie, I send them back to where they enter
the data.

This works just fine, except without the data visible in the URL, the
user can't copy, bookmark, email, etc. the URL (an important ability
to have in this case).

Can I tack the data onto the URL so it's visible in the browser
address bar without a page reload? Or will I have to force a page
reload?

 

[David Dorward]

http://www.site.com/page.php?data=AAAGX

Please use example.com for example URIs.

If someone comes into this page like this (without the data)...
http://www.site.com/page.php
...then I check a cookie to see what the most recent data

This works just fine, except without the data visible in the URL, the
user can't copy, bookmark, email, etc. the URL (an important ability
to have in this case).

Can I tack the data onto the URL so it's visible in the browser
address bar without a page reload?

No.

.... but don't load the whole page. Test to see if it is set before
generating any content, if it isn't then redirect - and do it with the PHP
location header, not JavaScript.

 

[David Dorward]

then redirect - and do it with the PHP
location header, not JavaScript.

Obviously I mean the HTTP location header and the PHP header function.

 

[timothytoe]

Obviously I mean the HTTP location header and the PHP header function.

Thanks.