> >If that's the case I have a solution for you. The way I get around this > >is to have two separate pages that display and process the form. The > >first page displays the form and the second page processes it. When the > >second page is done processing the form it will redirect the user to > >wherever they need to go next. > > >The second page never becomes a part of the browsers history so the user > >can click the back/refresh buttons all they want and the form will not > >be processed more than you want it to be. Actually that's not totally > >true because the user could go back and resubmit the form.
Decided to go ahead and break up the rest of the webpages on the development website to make this possible. It is going to set me back by a month. My boss is not going to like it. :-( Better less problem down the road... FletchSOD "Scott Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Why is "Browser Refresh & Back/Forward Button" capitalized? Is that the > name of a > >band or something??? > Well, forgot to enclose the double quote. Old Habit with capitalization on > commonly used term... > > >Are you trying to process a form a something and you want to prevent the > >browser from processing the form when the user clicks the back button? > > >If that's the case I have a solution for you. The way I get around this > >is to have two separate pages that display and process the form. The > >first page displays the form and the second page processes it. When the > >second page is done processing the form it will redirect the user to > >wherever they need to go next. > > >The second page never becomes a part of the browsers history so the user > >can click the back/refresh buttons all they want and the form will not > >be processed more than you want it to be. Actually that's not totally > >true because the user could go back and resubmit the form. > > That's a fine idea!! Wish I had thought of that 11 months ago when I first > developed this website and eliminate lot of unneccessnary codes... Thanks > for this idea... I'll remember it for future projects... > > FletchSOD -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
