RE: [PHP] Refresh-avoidance

David, Send them to a page that confirms the information. Then from there to the page that does the sign up work, at the end of that page use the Header(location) to send them to a thank you page. ---------------------- Brian Paulson Sr. Web Developer 1-800-279-6397 X207 bpaulson@chieftain.com ---------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: David VanHorn [mailto:dvanhorn@cedar.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 1:09 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Refresh-avoidance > > > > I have a form issue that's bugging me. > As a part of a user signup, there is a page with a form. > The user fills out the form and submits, and all is well, and he gets a > confirmation screen, but if he refreshes the confirmation screen > (this page > contains the script that does the signup work) then a duplicate > account is > created. > > I know I can scan for dupes and abort, but is there a simpler way > to avoid > this? > (Like a "refresh-killer"?) > > TIA > -- > > www.SpamWhack.com A pre-emptive strike against spam > A tornado is a lady whose skirts you do NOT want to look up! > Where's dave? > http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?kc6ete-9 > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >