Hello, on 10/02/2009 04:41 AM kranthi said the following: > I try to avoid the use of hidden form elements as much as possible, > especially for tracking whether a user has submitted a form or not... > > I use name="submit" for the submit button instead, that will pass the > value of the submit button to the action script. > > above all i use a template engine, smarty to take care of the > presentation for me(like deciding whether to show the form and/or a > success/failure message) That only works if the user clicks on that submit button. If the user hits the enter key in a text input, the form is submitted but the submit input variable is not set. That is why an hidden input is a safer solution. -- Regards, Manuel Lemos Find and post PHP jobs http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/ PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
