When you have it all in one file, the first thing you do is check to see if this request was submitted from the form. If not, you send the blank form. If it was, you validate all of the data. When a validation fails, you add error messages and resend the form with any fields that passed the validation already filled in. When validation succeeds, process and move on. No muss, no fuss. Bob McConnell -----Original Message----- From: Sándor Tamás (HostWare Kft.) [mailto:sandortamas@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 8:53 AM To: 'PHP-General List' Subject: Re: Self-Process php forms or not? I think the main advantage is that if something goes wrong processing the datas, you can show the form again without redirecting again. And if you have to change the behavior of the page, you have to change only one file instead of two. SanTa ----- Original Message ----- From: "MEM" <talofo@xxxxxxxxx> To: "'PHP-General List'" <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 2:34 PM Subject: Self-Process php forms or not? I'm trying to understand the advantages behind opting by using a Self-Process PHP Form, instead of having a form and then point the action of the form to another .php page. Can anyone point me some resources about this. Why using one instead of another. What are the main advantages? Regards, Márcio -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
