PHP form submit

• 8dot3

  When I submit a form I want to refresh the page I am on and display a conformation message.

  I am using action="" to refresh the page.

  Is there a proper way to do this so I can display new content when I refresh the page?

  I am new to PHP, but understand the concepts and syntax. Anyone have any advice for me?

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• mikeyf0

  instead of using action="" use action="myfilename.php" in the form put a hidden element.
  ie
  input type="hidden" name="BeenSubmitted" value="TRUE"

  then at the top of your php
  if($BeenSubmitted=="TRUE"){
  do some stuff;
  }

  or something like that, if this isn't quite right it cos its from my head.

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• mike0

  8dot3, before your page beings do some checking for $_POST so you can see what state the page or form is in. On post, do your error handling, if all checks out then complete your action and set a flag to indicate the new state of the page. then in your page you can optinally display either the form or the confirmation. make sense?

  [page header] -> php code and error handling

  [html page] conditional switch on form and activity status

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