Forward a JSONencoded string to another page - php

Question

I'm having trouble taking a string (called $name) from one page and outputing that string to another page.
This is a snippet of my code from where I think it is relevant:
if ($_POST['to'])
{
// Get all relevant messages
$get_msgs = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM messages WHERE touser='$from'");
$mailbox = array();
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($get_msgs))
{
$mailbox[] = $row;
}
// Make a string with the JSON array in it
$name = "{ \"mailbox\":".json_encode($mailbox)." }";
// now here, how do I simply forward this string to a page called page2.php
}
A. What should the code be for page2.php? (even though all I want it to do is really just echo $name)
B. If I run the above code multiple times, would page2.php be cleared, and refreshed each time with the new $name?
Thank you in advance for the help guys.
I tried this:
session_start();
$_SESSION['myValue']=$name;
And in page2 used:
session_start();
echo $_SESSION['myValue'];
But no data was forwarded to page 2

Answer 1

you have 3 way :
some one set session to passing array to new page :
sesstion_strat() ;
$_SESSION['name'] = $name ;
-> in page2
sesstion_strat() ;
$name = $_SESSION['name'] ;
2en way :
pass array with get method , this method not good for long arrays and spcial chars.
header("Location: page2.php?name=".$name);
-> in page2
$name = $_GET['name'] ;
or use curl for post data :
you see sample here :
http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php