Re: duplicate entry

Thank you it works fine Stut <stuttle@gmail.com> wrote: sam rumaizan wrote: > *"If the user hits refresh after submitting the form they will refresh > nextpage.php. If they hit back they will be taken back to form.php"* > Yes, *If the user hits refresh after submitting the form they will > refresh ** > *nextpage.php. Which is going to resubmit the data to mysql? (duplicate > entry)** No, you didn't read what I wrote. The form submits to formhandler.php which submits the data to MySQL and then redirects to nextpage.php. Nextpage.php *does not* submit any data to MySQL. Read my post again, carefully this time. And please include the list when replying. -Stut > */Stut /* wrote: > > sam rumaizan wrote: > > How do I disable Refresh and Back button. to Prevent duplicate entry > > Disabling client-side features like refresh and back is not the right > way to solve this problem. The most common solution is to redirect the > user to the next page from the form handler rather than outputting the > next page from the form handler. > > For example... > > form.php shows the form, which submits to formhandler.php which > processes the form and then does a header('Location: ...') redirect to > nextpage.php. > > If the user hits refresh after submitting the form they will refresh > nextpage.php. If they hit back they will be taken back to form.php. > > -Stut > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Food fight? > > Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > > --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.