post data via redirect function in codeigniter

Question

Is there ever a way or some tricks to post an array of data or a single variable string data using redirect() function in codeiginter?

Answer 1

when using redirect you go from one controller or another by this process all post data are destroyed unless you stored them on a session, here is how i do it

$data = array('firstname'=>'fname','lastname'=>'lastname');
// i store data to flashdata
$this->session->set_flashdata('lolwut',$data);
// after storing i redirect it to the controller
redirect('controller/method')

so on your redirected controller you can access it via $this->session->flashdata('lolwut') note that i am using flashdata not userdata, flashdata destroys itself on the next process.

read more flashdata here SESSION CLASS