sending array from javascript through url in php page but - php

Question

Rooms are an array
window.location = "booking_status.php?array="+ JSON.stringify(rooms);
sending from javascript to php page
on php page url show full array value which are store in array in page address bar url
like that
http://localhost/zalawadi/booking_status.php?array=[{%22id%22:10,%22rate%22:100}]
I want to prevent this data which show in url %22id%22:10,%22rate%22:100
I am decoding on php page any other way to send array data from javascript to php page

Answer 1

The only way to send data to another page without showing them in the url is to use POST.
Basically, you can put your data into an invisible form input :
<form method="post" id="form" action="booking_status.php">
<input name="array" id="array" type="hidden" value="" />
</form>
Send
<script type="text/javascript">
function sendForm(){
document.getElementById('array').value = JSON.stringify(rooms);
document.getElementById('form').submit(); //fixed syntax
}
</script>

Answer 2

You can use a hidden form and the post method. Then you would use $_POST instead of $_GET.
<form action="script.php" onsubmit="this.firstChild.value=JSON.stringify(value);">
<input type="hidden" value="" />
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</form>

Answer 3

You can use a POST request, however this would require generating and submitting a form:
// assuming `rooms` already defined
var frm = document.createElement('form'), inp = document.createElement('input');
frm.action = "booking_status.php";
frm.method = "post";
inp.type = "hidden";
inp.name = "array";
inp.value = JSON.stringify(rooms);
frm.appendChild(inp);
document.body.appendChild(frm);
frm.submit();

Answer 4

Why not just POST the data instead then?
For example, with jQuery:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "booking_status.php",
data: JSON.stringify(rooms),
success: // add success function here!
});
The advantage is you're not passing some horrific URL. As an added bonus, this example is also asynchronous, so the user doesn't see any refresh in their browser.
Non-Framework Version
If you don't wish to use jQuery, you can do this with pure Javascript, using the XMLHttpRequest object, like so:
var url = "get_data.php";
var param = JSON.stringify(rooms);
var http = new XMLHttpRequest();
http.open("POST", url, true);
http.onreadystatechange = function() {//Call a function when the state changes.
if(http.readyState == 4 && http.status == 200) {
// Request has gone well. Add something here.
}
}
http.send(param);