CptAwesome — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:56:53 +0000

http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-179178
says it can't be done. I don't know if Javascript even really supports the GET method, from what I have seen it's supported by a hack around reading the URL and parsing the string. If you don't want users to be able to modify the the stuff, leave a cookie maybe?

sharyn — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:49:40 +0000

Abhisheck Reddy,

I don't want anyone to be able to insert a different userid into the url.

Dragon of Ice,
Lots of people say it can't be done, but one person has said it can be...I am waiting for that person to share his/her answer and as soon as I have it, I will share it with you.

Abhishek Reddy — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:12:25 +0000

I honestly can't recall being able to do this. Googling doesn't turn up much either.

I've kept persistent data with Javascript using server-side scripting, or frames, or storing strings in various objects. I wouldn't rely purely on client-side scripting for critical tasks.

In fact, why do you need to access POST data with Javascript anyway? If only JS is going to see the data (it's not being saved), why not use the GET method?

Dragon of Ice — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 02:55:38 +0000

I too am interested in this, as I the server that I'm developing for host nothing but client side regular stuff (like css, html, javascript), and the only easy way I can think of doing a print page is with switching style sheets, and I don't know how without php.

Abhishek Reddy — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 02:35:58 +0000

I'm not sure if Javascript has access to POST variables directly. I remember writing one script where I had to integrate ASP to be able to get POST vars.

Do you have access to a server-side language? If you do, grab the POST vars with it and print out a Javascript:

&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;

var myPostedVar = "<?php print $_POST['myvar'] ?>";

&lt;/script&gt;

You could also expand this with a loop through all the POST vars, transferring data to Javascript variables...