RE: [PHP] Self-Process php forms or not?

At 3:39 PM +0100 10/4/09, MEM wrote:

i don't think so. if the user requests the page "a_form.php" then the

server will normally execute the a_form.php script regardless whether the form was submitted or not. to display a blank form, the user probably requests a_form.php with the GET method and probably without any GET parameters. the script will run but $_POST['submit'] is not set. so the script you show above will echo "Sorry, couldn't process the form". that will likely confuse the user.

Ok... but please have a look here, I've uploaded and tested that code, and I can assure you that the message doesn't appear when the form first load: http://pastebin.com/m21078fe3 Note: if you use: "copy to clipboard" option the numbers will gone. Regards, Márcio

The problem, as I see it, is that you are not willing to write a simple example and get that to work. Instead, you complicate things beyond your ability to understand. My advice, step back -- write a simple example that does what you want and then expand it. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com