Re: How to submit form via PHP

Not according to this: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-action The only defined behaviour is when you specify a URI. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Richard Lynch wrote: > Actually, I believe action="" submitting to the same URL is *documented* HTTP spec > behavior. > > I welcome correction/confirmation if somebody wants to wade through the docs again... > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dotan Cohen [mailto:dotancohen@gmail.com] >> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 4:13 AM >> To: php-general@lists.php.net >> Subject: Re: [PHP] How to submit form via PHP >> >> 2008/9/28 Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk>: >> >>>> Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I just saw this. Is that true of >>>> all browsers? I'm wondering because I just coded a site to use this >>>> behavior, then I saw that the html specification says the action >>>> attribute is required. >>>> >>>> >>> Without the action attribute, the form submits to itself, i.e. a form >>> >> on >> >>> contact.php submits to contact.php without an action attribute being >>> specified. >>> >>> >> If it's undocumented then I would not rely upon it. How much trouble >> did we have in the early 00's because of sites that were coded for the >> undocumented 'features' of specific browsers five years prior? >> Additionally, if you cannot test all the varied platforms (PC, >> cellphones, iPhone, PS3, browsers for the disabled) then you should >> not rely on undocumented behaviour. >> >> Dotan Cohen >> >> http://what-is-what.com >> http://gibberish.co.il >> א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת >> >> ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü >> > > _______________________________________________________ > > The information in this email or in any file attached > hereto is intended only for the personal and confiden- > tial use of the individual or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain information that is propri- > etary and confidential. If you are not the intended > recipient of this message you are hereby notified that > any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of > this message is strictly prohibited. This communica- > tion is for information purposes only and should not > be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation > of an offer to buy any financial product. Email trans- > mission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error- > free. P6070214 >