Re: VERY IMPORTANT: Sessions in Pages with a Form !
| From: | Chris | Date: | Wed, 27 Sep 2000 23:10:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: VERY IMPORTANT: Sessions in Pages with a Form ! | ||
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What I commonly do is instead of just telling them to hit the back button,
just re-print the form in the browser with the missing fields highlighted in
red, seems more user friendly to me, but does take more coding.
> > I have a big trouble:
> >
> > When I use sessions on a page that also has a form in it the back button
> > doesn't work. Like when a subscriber gets an error from my script saying
> > that he didn't fill the form out completely and he tries to hit back
> button
> > of his browser the whole form disappears. Every single field becomes
> empty.
>
> This is common practice in some browsers I believe when under HTTPS. It
> means if you're in a netcafe, noone can hit the back button and find your
> CC number.
>
> > I know for sure that it is something that has to do with
>
> Try structuring your form differently so that it submits to itself. That
> way you can validate the input, display the error message and redisplay
> the form with the user-submitted values filled in so that they can
> correct them on the same screen as the error message. This is a lot
> more user-friendly.
>
> Jason
>
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