Installers

[Hypertext]

I've nearly finished my site management system, just wondering, was should be in the install file, and how do you guys hold values for next pages eg should i do 1.php, 2.php or index.php?at=1 index.php?at=2 etc, and do you hold previous values in cookies or sessions or retain them through hidden inputs?

Thanks -Charlie

[Ini]

<form action='install2.php' method='POST'>

etc..

install2.php

$name = $_POST['name'];

etc..

[Hypertext]

How would you hold the variables moving onto install3.php from install.php sessions or cookies or hiddens or..?

[Independent]

Just make it one page
instead of new pages
hold it within an if statement that makes ?go=go (etc..)

if($_GET ['stage'] == "1");

etc, with the correct brackets

[Hypertext]

Thats what I'm doing, but how should I hold PREVIOUS form options, eg in step 1 I choose site name 'example' how do I still remember that in step 3, cookies sessions hidden inputs or what else?

[Lee]

Oh, better way of putting it ;) I think it is cookies but i'm not too sure.

Maybe take hints from other installs, cutenews ect.

[Independent]

Cookies wouldn't need to be started on every stage...

ob_start();

cover's on every step? :S