No, the error handler does not have access to the posted data.  The problem 
in a nutshell:

1. Person fills out form; clicks submit

2. Form action property is called; server notices the page is not real

(Data is lost here)

3. Error handler is called


----Original Message Follows----
From: Miguel Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "[ rswfire ]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] form posting to a fake page
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:00:17 -0500 (CDT)

Your error handler would read them and then construct a redirect
containing the form data in querystring format.

miguel

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, [ rswfire ] wrote:
 > $_POST[] variables do not exist on a redirected page; that's the problem!
 >
 > ----Original Message Follows----
 > From: Miguel Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > To: "[ rswfire ]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 > Subject: Re: [PHP] form posting to a fake page
 > Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:56:32 -0500 (CDT)
 >
 > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, [ rswfire ] wrote:
 >  > It would still require some knowledge of the posted data.  If someone
 > clicks
 >  > a submit button, and it is posting to a page that doesn't really 
exist,
 > then
 >  > when the index.php file gets called as a 404 errordocument, the posted
 >  > variables are already lost, so it wouldn't be possible to access the
 > posted
 >  > variables in any fashion.  The only possibility might be if Apache had
 > some
 >  > way of dealing with this scenario and I am not that familiar with how
 > Apache
 >  > works.  And so, that leaves me with the only workaround I do know, 
post
 > to a
 >  > page that does exist!  It's just not the ideal solution, but it works.
 >
 > Well, depending on the quantity of posted data, you could go through
 > $_POST[] and turn them into GET args and pass them along to the
 > appropriate page (not that I really understand what you're trying to do).
 >
 > miguel
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
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