On 7/25/07, Daniel Brown <parasane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 7/24/07, Daniel Kasak <dkasak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 08:13 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
>
> > Hello, Dans!
> >
> > Dan K., is there any reason the validation can't reside within the
> > same script as the form, then forward on success? A very simple
> > example:
> >
> > <?
> > if($_POST) {
> > // Check to ensure that your variables are all correct,
> > // then use header("Location: successful-target.php?var1=a&var2=b");
> > // And then, on forwarding, remember to exit;
> > }
> > ?>
> > <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
> > <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="var1" VALUE="<?=$_POST['var1'];?>"><BR />
> > <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="var2" VALUE="<?=$_POST['var2'];?>"><BR />
> > <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="GO!">
> > </FORM>
> >
> > Since the user will start with a blank form, and the $_POST values
> > won't already be set, the values in the form will be blank on the
> > initial page load, but for unsuccessful attempts, they'll be populated
> > with the correct data.
> >
> > ~ Dan^[3]
> >
>
> I've completely changed the way I was doing this now. Initially I
> implemented lots of checks for NULL values, as Dan[2] recommended, and
> this worked well apart from in the case of text areas. These broke
> things completely. I've now decided to shove all form data into session
> globals, and just refresh with a 'load_previous' flag in the URL. I my
> form constructor sees this flag, it populates things from session
> globals. Otherwise it resets the session globals with defaults.
>
> This seems to be the best solution ( ie the only one that's worked
> completely so far ).
>
> Thank you, both of you. Long live Dans!
>
> --
> Daniel Kasak
> IT Developer
> NUS Consulting Group
> Level 5, 77 Pacific Highway
> North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2060
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> email: dkasak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
>
Viva Danielism!
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