Re: Refresh (F5) adds another SQL record.
| From: | Robert Meyer | Date: | Wed, 18 May 2005 15:04:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Refresh (F5) adds another SQL record. | ||
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Hello to all that responded.
Thanks very much for your help.
I implemented and thoroughly tested the following:
header("Location: ".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
exit;
And is works great for this particular need..
Regards,
Robert
"Robert Meyer" <robert@rmpse.com> wrote in message
news:20050517211933.69540.qmail@lists.php.net...
> Hello,
>
> Scenario:
> 1) User is presented a blank form.
> 2) User fills in form.
> 3) User submits form.
> 4) Record is added to database.
> 5) Back to 1).
> All is fine to here.
> 6) User clicks refresh.
> 7) Another record is added, same data except auto-increment field.
> How do I prevent these last two steps, or at least prevent a record
> from being added when refresh is clicked?
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert