submit a form and the form values show up in URL

[Anon]

I have searched this site and php.net for an answer to my problem, but haven't found a solution yet.

I have a form like this (simplified version):
<FORM name="mainform" TYPE=POST ACTION="useradd.php3">
User Name: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="display_name" SIZE=25>
<br>Password: <INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="password" SIZE=15>
<br>Password Again: <INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="password_again" SIZE=15><br>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" name="submit" VALUE="Add Account">
</form>

Whenever someone submits the form, the page redraws, but all of the form elements appear in the querystring in the URL. Does anyone know how to get rid of these?

Here's an example of the URL after the form is submitted:
http://www.theaterreview.com/test/david/useradd.php3?entrystage=user&display_name=newuser&password=abc123&password_again=abc123&submit=Create+Account

Obviously, leaving the password in the URL is a bad idea.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!
-David

[Anon]

not exactly sure, but try to instead of using the POST in the form that you want you submit, give the GET method a try in the form.

good luck and hope it helps.

[Anon]

Change -
<FORM name="mainform" TYPE=POST ACTION="useradd.php3">
to:
<FORM name="mainform" method=POST ACTION="useradd.php3">

Right now your form is probably defaulting to the get method (which passes the variables in the url) since the syntax is wrong. The post method will not do this.

Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Multimedia