Re: Clearing POST variable on page refresh

From: Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:39:13 +0000
Subject: Re: Clearing POST variable on page refresh
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Beauford wrote: > Hi, > > I have a page with a form on it which posts to itself. The problem is when > someone refreshes the page it enters the data into the DB again. How do I > clear these variables so that doesn't happen. I tried the unset function, > but no luck. I really don't want to use sessions or cookies as this is just > a simple little page, but still, it has to work right. sessions are no big deal - search the list archive for stuff like 'form token' until you find one of the many explainations of how to tackle this issue using a 'one time' token concept (find the posts by Richard Lynch - they are the most complete/abundant/explicit AFAICR) - the solution does use sessions, but like I said thats not a big deal at all. :-) > > Thanks >

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