Re: Best way to test for form submission?

From: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:56:07 +0000
Subject: Re: Best way to test for form submission?
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Adam Jimerson wrote: > This question might give away the fact that I am a php noob, but I am > looking for the best way to test for form submission in PHP. I know in > Perl this can be done with > > if (param) > > but I don't know if that will work with PHP. I have read the Learning > PHP 5 book and the only thing that was mentioned in the book was the use > of something like this > > print "<p>Hello ".$_POST['username']."</p>"; > > I'm sure that this is not the best/recommended way to do this but I'm > hoping someone here will point me in the right direction. Just to throw it into the mix: if(!empty($_POST)) for a general test of whether any form was posted. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com

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