* James <jtu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Actually: > > Will there be an issue with the back button if I use 1 script to do > all of what I posted before? No. > Thank you guys for the answers. I think I will go with the following approach. > > (A) script 1 submits to script 2 then > (B) script 2 redirects browser back to script 1 > > Script 1 is in charge of submitting and displaying; script 2 does the > processing. > > This list is the best! > -James > > > At 2:08 AM +0000 4/27/05, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > >* James <jtu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> I apologize in advance if I'm asking basic questions... >>> >>> When you hit the back button, won't the browser just take the page >>> from the cache? >>> >>> I haven't switched my POSTs to GETs and this is what I'm seeing. >>> I have a list of images. There are check boxes next to the images. >>> When the user checks images and clicks on a DELETE CHECKED link, a >>> new list is shown (minus the ones deleted.) When the user hits the >>> BACK button, I see the list again with checks next to the previous >>> images marked for deletion > > > >By the way... the rule of thumb I think about is this: > >* Use GET requests when you want to be able to bookmark the page -- >> i.e., when you want the behaviour repeatable. Typical example is >> searches. > > > >* Use POST requests when the operation will affect the data in some way >> that shouldn't be cached. Examples: submitting data that will be >> stored in the database, will update a database, or will delete an >> entry in the database. > > > >Because of the back button issues (namely, not all browsers treat 'back' > >the same way), you will need to do some workarounds, typically with > >sessions; I've mentioned these under separate cover. > > >>> Just in case... >>> I tried to add the following header before any html output to force >>> the browser to not load from the cache and it didn't work. >>> >>> header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate"); > > > >Not all browsers will actually follow these 'rules' (actually, they're > >in the HTTP specification, but 'rule' just sounds better). Heck, > >versions of the same browser on different platforms sometimes treat them > >differently. > > > >This is why session handling techniques are a common 'fix' for bad > >browser behaviour in these instances. > > > >-- > >Matthew Weier O'Phinney | WEBSITES: > >Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org > >National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com > >802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org > >mailto:matthew@xxxxxxxxxx | http://vermontbotanical.org > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | WEBSITES: Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org mailto:matthew@xxxxxxxxxx | http://vermontbotanical.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php