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Create Unique ID for URL

I am working on pages which are secured so no-one can link to that page using this:

Code below is called inside a loop.

$gentok = uniqid();

if(isset($_GET["action"]) && $_GET["action"] == "clean_$gentok") {
    // stuff
}

Then, I have this to call the URL:

<a href="<?php echo admin_url("themes.php?page=cleaner&action=clean_$gentok"); ?>">Clean this and that</a>

But when clicking the link, the page refreshes and the uniqid() has already changed.

How can I make it so the uniqid() is still the same after the page refresh? I'm open for any changes or better ideas you may have.

Thank you!

Solution

  • Posting this as a community wiki since I've nothing to gain from this.

    My suggestion in comments about using a nonce brought the OP to use the WordPress version of a nonce as their solution.

    Reference:

    Sidenote: To be honest, I was not aware that WordPress had one and found that reference link on the Internet.

    My original reference:

    Additional reference: