Re: Dealing with multiple form submissions

On Aug 24, 2011, at 11:52, John Black <spam@network-technologies.org> wrote: > On 08/24/2011 03:04 AM, Jason Pruim wrote: >> Wondering what everyone does to prevent multiple form submissions? >> My form is simply getting emailed to my email, and it redirects to a success page when >> submitted... >> Would it be as simple as doing something with the cache control? Basically I'm trying >> to avoid someone submitting a form... Then hitting back, and submitting again, then hitting back.... >> I think you get the idea... >> What do you all do? >> Jason Pruim > > > Hi, > I am using $_SESSION for this. Set a value on the initial page, a timestamp is a good choice, > then validate the value on the receiving script and clear the value. > > I like to use a timestamp because it will allow you to deny a comment which took too long to > submit. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > I've always tended to stay away from session for that, as when the browser closes/restarts, the page is accessible again.