what about a simple if( count( $_POST )) All you need is to check a form submission On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Eric <blueray2048@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Jimerson" <vendion@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: Best way to test for form submission? > > > > On 08/27/2009 11:09 PM, Adam Jimerson wrote: > >> This question might give away the fact that I am a php noob, but I am > >> looking for the best way to test for form submission in PHP. I know in > >> Perl this can be done with > >> > >> if (param) > >> > >> but I don't know if that will work with PHP. I have read the Learning > >> PHP 5 book and the only thing that was mentioned in the book was the use > >> of something like this > >> > >> print "<p>Hello ".$_POST['username']."</p>"; > > > > Sorry copied and pasted the wrong line (long day) > > > > if (array_key_exists('username',$_POST)) > > Here is another way > > if (isset($_POST['username']) && $_POST['username'] != '') > { ... > > > >> > >> I'm sure that this is not the best/recommended way to do this but I'm > >> hoping someone here will point me in the right direction. > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- Martin Scotta