On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Shawn McKenzie<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > PJ wrote: >> I have a bit of a situation. >> I have set up addBooks, editBooks and deleteBooks pages. Before >> complicating my life & mixing them up in one file, I am running tests. >> I'd like to make them idiot proof, up to a point. >> When the page is submitted and the code is parsed, the form inputs >> remain on the screen along with the submit buttons. >> I'm not sure of what is the normal way of closing/hiding/wiping the >> screen output before showing the result output of the operation. >> I do not want a user to resubmit the input which is still in the input >> $strings. >> I am wondering if I should be using some code to clear the inputs like >> unsetting??? sessions or a break or am I doing something wrong with the >> flow of the code? >> I'd like to leave the pages with only the output of success (or failure) >> and links to do another add/edit/delete operation. >> Thanks for any suggestions. >> > > I've never tried it, but you can possibly submit to an intermediate page > that stuffs the post vars into a session, echos "please wait" and then > redirects to the page that does the processing. The processing page > gets the sessions vars and does its business. > > -- > Thanks! > -Shawn > http://www.spidean.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > What about placing the contents in different divs and showing hiding those divs on submit? Then using AJAX to update the server / database with the requested operation? -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
