Re: Self-Process php forms or not?

On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 09:30 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > On 10/1/09 8:00 AM, "MEM" <talofo@gmail.com> wrote: > > > One last question about this: > > > > I've done a self submit form, after hearing all the advantages expressed > > here. > > But how could we relate, without using javascript, a self submit form with a > > "success page" or a "confirmation page" that doesn't show the > > form? > > > > Can please someone throw me some infos about this please? > > i use one php script that knows how to deliver more than one html page > depending on the outcome of processing of form input and the rest. > > i'm sure there are other ways. > > > The way I always tend to do something like this is as follows: $errors = false; if(isset($_REQUEST['submit'])) { // process form here // if it doesn't validate $errors to true // you can either redirect here, or display the confirmation message } if(!isset($_REQUEST['submit']) || $errors) { // display form // if $errors is true populate the form with user submitted data } Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk