I hear you, but how do I know if the POST comes from a valid form submit, or from a "back" ? I cannot simply unset the $_POST vars, as that will prevent anything from being posted correctly, right?
César Aracena wrote: >I think that would be easy just by UNSETTING or emptying the variables >that the form passed after they are processed. Do I make sence? > >César > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Petre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:43 PM >>To: Martin Clifford >>Cc: php-general >>Subject: Re: [PHP] Disabling Browser "BACK" button >> >>Well, OK, then, How do you design the app NOT to allow the form to >> >POST > >>again when the user hits "BACK" >> >>Martin Clifford wrote: >> >>>There is never a way to disable back, forward, home, etc buttons. >>> >They > >>all have shortcuts that will ALWAYS work, so there's really no point. >>Additionally, it's all nice and good that your site works fine without >>using cookies, and don't take this offensively, but if the client >> >cannot > >>use the back button without getting mishapen results, then it doesn't >>sound as if the site is designed very efficiently. >> >>>Just my opinion. >>> >>>Martin Clifford >>>Homepage: http://www.completesource.net >>>Developer's Forums: http://www.completesource.net/forums/ >>> >>> >>>>>>Petre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/31/02 01:16PM >>> >>>>>> >>>HI >>>Is there a way I can disable the client's browser back button, >>> >forcing > >>>them to use the navigation I built into the page? >>>Ideally, when they try to press "BACK" on browser, a popup asking >>> >them > >>>to use the navigation instead would win first prize. >>> >>>The reason I'm asking is again to do with sessions, I have an app >>>running 100% now without using cookies, but if the user hits BACK and >>>ignores the expire warning, the app produces unwanted results ( adds >>>form data again to the db etc.) >>>Just want to patch the holes. >>> >>>Maybe write my own little browser that has no back button?? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
