POST method to call iframe?

[Blacklava]

Hi,

I'm trying to find out how to hide a variable from url when calling an iframe... Thought using POST method would work but not sure how to automatically call my iframe that way?

Not sure if it's clear so explaining again : I would like to pass a variable to my iframe BUT I don't want it to show in url as it would be visible for foreign websites checking full referring urls (it's an iframe from my end but there will be links in the iframe), my first idea is to autosubmit the value to the iframe directly through any trick but not sure how to do it...

Thanks for help

EDIT : sorry I've missed the "code help" subforum... Move it there perhaps

[Harkins]

The referring site will get the entire URL of the iframe, and you can't embed an iframe by POST. So you could maybe pass the variable on with JavaScript:

Code: [Select]

(parent page)
<script>
var not_visible_to_referrers = 'data';
</script>
<iframe src="iframe.html?other=variables&to=pass"></iframe>


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(iframe html)
<script>
var hidden_thing = top.not_visible_to_referrers;
</script>

Though at that point, you may be just as well-off putting it in the user's session and having the iframe retrieve it.

Alternately, you could make a link-shortening service of your own. Create a database table with the columns 'short_url' and 'full_url'. Instead of linking to the other site's full url, put it in the table with a random short_url, and link to /refer.php?short_url=4123. refer.php would look up the full URL and do a 301.

[Blacklava]

Thanks for your help! I'll try the javascript trick, should work for my issue