Re: Page name for form submit: REQUEST_URI or SCRIPT_NAME

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:31, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a compelling reason to use either REQUEST_URI or SCRIPT_NAME > in the action of a form that I want to submit to the same URL that it > came from (the script parses whether or not there is a Submit to know > if it should display the form or the results). I need a portable > solution, that is why I am not hardcoding it. Also, the users _may_ > save the form to their hard drives, so simply leaving the action blank > will not do. > > I know that REQUEST_URI includes the ?variable=value string and that > SCRIPT_NAME does not. This form does not depend upon get variables, so > this should never be an issue, but I ask here anyway to know if there > are other differences that I did not account for. Happy Chanukah, Dotan! For portability's sake, especially if you anticipate users saving the form to their local systems, I would recommend: <?php $action = "http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> <form method="<?php echo $action; ?>"> If you use REQUEST_URI and the form is on a page not called directly (for example, on index.php and called only by directory; a mod_rewrite /contact page; etc.), using REQUEST_URI gives the actual request, where PHP_SELF gives the actual file. -- </Daniel P. Brown> daniel.brown@parasane.net || danbrown@php.net http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ Unadvertised dedicated server deals, too low to print - email me to find out!