How to Redirect URL with Input Data

In this tutorial we will learn how to redirect URL with input data.

How to redirect URL with input data

To redirect a URL with input data, you can use either GET or POST methods to send the input data along with the URL. Here are the basic steps to accomplish this:

Step 1 - Create a form with input fields to collect the data from the user.

Step 2 - Set the form action to the URL you want to redirect to.

Step 3 - Set the form method to either GET or POST, depending on your needs.

Step 4 - Add a submit button to the form.

Step 5 - When the user submits the form, the browser will send the input data to the URL specified in the form action.

Step 6 - On the server-side, you can access the input data using the GET or POST variables.

Step 7 - Process the input data as needed, and then redirect the user to a new page using the header() function in PHP or a similar function in other languages.

Example in PHP

<form action="new_page.php" method="post">
   <label for="input_data">Input Data:</label>
   <input type="text" id="input_data" name="input_data">
   <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

In the example above, we're collecting input data from the user and sending it to a PHP script called "new_page.php" using the POST method. In the "new_page.php" script, we can access the input data using the $_POST superglobal variable. We can then process the data and redirect the user to a new page using the header() function:

<?php
$input_data = $_POST['input_data'];
// Process input data here...

// Redirect to new page
header('Location: http://example.com/new_page.php');
exit;
?>

In the example above, we're using the header() function to redirect the user to a new page after processing the input data.