Hitting URL empty the Requested Data?

Question

http://localhost/testsetup/index.php/inquiry/index/index

echo "<pre>"; print_r($data); die;

Array
(
    [qty] => 1
    [product] => 486
)

Case 1. When i press ctrl+f5 (reload the inquiry page) , Array data is there. This is ok for me.

Array
(
    [qty] => 1
    [product] => 486
)

case 2. Array data is empty. When i hit the URL of page.

 Array
    (

    )

How to solve case 2 so that array data is not empty when i hit the URL.

Answer 1

If Form Data is posted on URL and If you refresh the Page, Form Data will be lost.

To keep the form data, you need to save in Session like below:

Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->setFormData($data);
$data = Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->getFormData();

After completing your all work, You can remove the unset the session like below:

Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->unsFormData();