Thanks this was the best solution I used this code as part of form
validation.
// query to check record has not already been added by comparing
submitted title with title of last record
$query_gnewsid_unique = "SELECT MAX(newsid) AS newsid FROM
tblnews";
// execute query
$result_gnewsid_unique = mysql_query($query_gnewsid_unique);
$row_gnewsid_unique = mysql_fetch_array($result_gnewsid_unique);
$newsid_unique = $row_gnewsid_unique['newsid'];
// query to extract last title from tblnews
$query_gtitle_unique = "SELECT title
FROM tblnews
WHERE newsid = $newsid_unique";
$result_gtitle_unique = mysql_query($query_gtitle_unique);
$row_gtitle_unique = mysql_fetch_array($result_gtitle_unique);
$title_unique = $row_gtitle_unique['title'];
if ($title == $title_unique) {
$message_unique = "You have already entered this record.";
$unique = TRUE;
}
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Burhan Khalid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 17 December 2004 13:07
To: S.D.Price
Subject: Re: [PHP] Refreshing page after form submission
S.D.Price wrote:
> Hi, I have a form which when submitted adds a record to a DB. However
> if the user clicks back it resubmits the same record.
>
> I have tried using cache control to no avail :
>
> header ("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
> header ("Last-Modified:" . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s"). " GMT"); header
> ("Cache-control: no-store, no-cache, must revalidate");
> header("Cache-control: post-check=0, pre-check=0, false"); header
> ("Pragma: no-cache"); session_cache_limiter("nocache");
>
> I also tried testing for the presence of a submit button so if the
> user enters data submits the form and clicks back the page will
> refresh.
>
> <?php
>
> if ($_POST['submit']) {
> echo "<META HTTP-EQUIV='refresh' CONTENT='0; URL=$PHP_SELF'>";
> } else {
> }
> ?>
>
You can try and check if the user's information already exists in the
database, then display an appropriate message.
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