hi jason.
thank you for your reply.
i am using sessions already. in fact, header("Cache-control: private");
worked in my other applications but not this one.. is it true that because
page1.php is a https:// page so it can't cache my entries?
thank you!
rgds,
hwee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Wong" <php-db@gremlins.biz>
To: <php-db@lists.php.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: Form Variables
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 15:06, Ng Hwee Hwee wrote:
>
> > got an urgent problem.. it's regarding forms.
> >
> > my system works like this..
> > 1) user on page1 fills up form
> > 2) upon clicking submit button, it will go to verify.php to verify if
the
> > entries are correct
> > 3) if there is any errors, verify.php brings user back to page1 with all
> > the errors listed beside the incorrect field entries
> >
> > my problem is: how do i make the user's browser remember the data they
> > filled up at page1? i tried header("Cache-control: private"); but to no
> > avail..
>
> You don't. Your application has to remember the filled in values and when
> presenting page1.php again it pre-populates the form with the 'remembered'
> values. The easiest way to remember the values is to use sessions.
>
> Or alternatively you can one of the dozens of form validation classes that
are
> available (www.phpclasses.org et al) to do the donkey work for you.
>
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