Re: PHP on_submit()

From: Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:41:36 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP on_submit()
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> I have a form which collects data, and whose action is to call a PHP4 file > to process the data and put most of it in a database. At the bottom of the > PHP4 file I then do another form POST to send the results of the PHP > processing to a remote server for further processing. (Thanks for Robert > Cissell for the code to do this) > > Both POSTs use Javascript's submit_form() function. > > This all works well, except that the browser puts up two warnings, one for > each post, about sending data over a non-secure session, the standard > dialog we've all seen. One warning is OK, but two are going to be > irritating to users. I think most users check the box that says, "Don't show this again." I hate those things; I know when I submit form data that it's usually not secure. Most people dismiss them and tell the browser not to bug them any more. > > What I need is a way to gather variables from a form, do PHP on them, then > forward the post on to wherever it's going. > > Something like Javascript's on_submit(), which allows you access to the > variables before they are sent. You can't access stuff on the client-side with PHP -- PERIOD. The only way to access client-side stuff is to pass that stuff through POST or GET. And you're doing that already. > Any ideas? They're breathing down my neck to finish this Friday. Dean.

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