Re: How to handle the POST data

--- Koala Yeung <perlkoala@hotmail.com> wrote: > The problem is: right after a submit process, POSTDATA still stored in > the user's browser. When one submit a thread, read the index table of > forum.php, and press "Reflash", the browser will give a message like: > "The page you are browsing contains POSTDATA. If you Re-submit the > information, the webpage will do the action again..." > > What can I do? There are many solutions. My favorite: 1. Have an intermediate page that does whatever processing you need, then redirect to a different URL for display using: header('Location: http://example.org/path/to/script.php'); In this case, the series of events would look something like this: writeforum.php -> add_post.php -> forum.php The add_post.php script will not appear in the browser's history mechanism, and the user will not see a warning whenever refreshing the forum.php page. Hope that helps. Chris ===== My Blog http://shiflett.org/ HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/ RAMP Training Courses http://www.nyphp.org/ramp