Re: re: $POST vars

You can set a hidden variable in your form that will be passed to the script when it is posted. Then, you can check for that variable like so: <input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="true"> <? if ( $HTTP_POST_VARS["submitted"] == "true" ) { # do something } else { # this form has not been submitted yet. } ?> If you want to limit what scripts can post to the handling script, check the referering script to make sure it is allowed, like so: <? #allowedscript.php is the script that is allowed to post to the handling script, in this case. if ( $HTTP_POST_VARS["submitted"] == "true" && eregi("allowedscript.php", $HTTP_REFERER) ) { # do something } else { # this form has not been submitted yet. } ?> Just some ideas .... and there are multiple ways of doing this as well. good luck with it, -- Nicole Amashta Web Application Developer www.aeontrek.com "Matt Babineau" <matt@criticalcode.com> wrote in message news:009501c1eb9f$416ffbf0$0100a8c0@developerx... > Yeah that is the idea, are there any bad things about doing it this way? > The POST array does not exist if the page has not been posted to? > > Matt Babineau > Freelance Internet Developer > e: mbabineau@illuminatistudios.com > p: 603.943.4237 > w: http://www.illuminatistudios.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eduards Cauna [mailto:cauna@parks.lv] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:42 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] re: $POST vars > > > > >I am merely trying to see whether a page was posted to or not, and > >perform an action from the result. > > > >Matt Babineau > > <? > > if (@$HTTP_POST_VARS) { > > } > > ?> > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >