is there a way to create custom post variables when a user presses submit, like this:
$_POST['var'] = 'hi';
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In order to set post values on the page with the form you should use hidden input tags.
i.e.
<input type="hidden" name="var" value="hi" />
It will be invisible and your receiving script will see that key/value passed along.
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Variables POSTed by the browser to your PHP script will only correspond to the fields of the form that was used in the browser -- which means you have to put your custom data in that form.
If you don't want them displayed, you can use a hidden input field :
<input type="hidden" name="var" value="hi" />
But note that the data will still be sent by the browser -- which means you have to escape/filter/protect it, like any other value that comes from the user ; and it cannot be trusted : anyone can pretty easily modify the value of that form field, even if it's not visible.
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Carson Myers
+1 for pointing out that anything from the browser should be considered tampered with.
while $_POST variable is an array, you can also define var like this
$_POST['var'] = 'hi';
it is same like hidden field. :)
