Carry POST through html hyperlink - php

Question

I have a hyperlink as shown:
<div style="clear:both"> <a color="grey" accesskey=""style="float: right" href="newbattle.php? userid= <?php echo $id0; ?>"> [<font color="grey">Attack</font>]</a><br></div> <br>
Is it possible, using only only php, to carry POST data? I want to put this
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="<?php echo $number;?>
So I can $_POST['test'] on the other page and get the $number. I can switch over to normal form but I really like what I have

Answer 1

No, that's not possible. If you want to submit a POST request, you should go through a <form> and submit it.

Answer 2

You cannot post through a hyperlink, unless you use JavaScript to capture the click event and simulate a click on a submit button.
But a better approach, I think, would be to make an actual submit button. With a bit of CSS you can style that button to look as if it was a hyperlink. That way, if the CSS fails, you've still got a working button, while if a JavaScript issue would occur, you have a disfunctional link with unexpected behaviour.
input[type=submit] {
display: inline;
border: none;
background-color: transparent;
color: blue;
cursor: pointer;
}
input[type=submit]:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
<form action="otherpage.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="<?php echo $number;?>">
<input type="submit" value = "Look, I'm a link!">
</form>

Answer 3

A link redirects user to another page, it's purpose is not for get/post requests.
If you want to send a post request on a click, you can do it with a submit button inside form. For example,
<form action="another_page.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="<?php echo $number;?>
<input type="submit" />
</form>
Style the button like a hyperlink and it will send a post request as expected.

Answer 4

You can do that using a form.
When the user clicks the link, the form is submitted with the "test" variable and the "userid" variable.
Here's the code:
<form method="post" action="newbattle.php" id="myForm">
<div style="clear:both">
<a color="grey" accesskey="" style="float:right;" href="" onclick="javascript:document.myForm.submit(); return false;">[<font color="grey">Attack</font>]</a>
<br/>
</div>
<br/>
<input type="hidden" name="userid" value="<?php echo $id0; ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="<?php echo $number; ?>" />
</form>

Answer 5

For my specific problem, here's what I ended up doing.
href="newbattle.php?userid= <?php echo $id0; ?>&num=<?php echo $number; ?>"
I added the $number on to the hyperlink and then retrieved it with $_GET on the next page

Answer 6

If you want to access test value by $_POST you have to use form like this :
<form action="another_page.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="<?php echo $number;?>
<input type="submit" />
</form>
get.php :
<?php
$num = $_POST['test'];
echo $num;
?>