Actually, I believe action="" submitting to the same URL is *documented* HTTP spec behavior. I welcome correction/confirmation if somebody wants to wade through the docs again... > -----Original Message----- > From: Dotan Cohen [mailto:dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 4:13 AM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: How to submit form via PHP > > 2008/9/28 Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I just saw this. Is that true of > >> all browsers? I'm wondering because I just coded a site to use this > >> behavior, then I saw that the html specification says the action > >> attribute is required. > >> > > Without the action attribute, the form submits to itself, i.e. a form > on > > contact.php submits to contact.php without an action attribute being > > specified. > > > > If it's undocumented then I would not rely upon it. How much trouble > did we have in the early 00's because of sites that were coded for the > undocumented 'features' of specific browsers five years prior? > Additionally, if you cannot test all the varied platforms (PC, > cellphones, iPhone, PS3, browsers for the disabled) then you should > not rely on undocumented behaviour. > > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > ×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-×-× > > Ã-Ã-Ã-Ã-Ã-Ã-Ã _______________________________________________________ The information in this email or in any file attachedhereto is intended only for the personal and confiden-tial use of the individual or entity to which it isaddressed and may contain information that is propri-etary and confidential. If you are not the intendedrecipient of this message you are hereby notified thatany review, dissemination, distribution or copying ofthis message is strictly prohibited. This communica-tion is for information purposes only and should notbe regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitationof an offer to buy any financial product. Email trans-mission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. P6070214
