php, html, forms, and post

Anon

hopefully there is a quick answer to this problem of mine.

i'm using forms to send data back to a page. the sending page is the same as the recieving page, a php document. however, if you refresh the page it says "The page cannot be refreshed without resending the information..." is there any way to grab the data and release/delete the variables? or is there a better way to do this?

thanks...

Anon

use session variables...

Anon

could you be more specific? thanks...

Anon

Hey.. ok well instead of me explaining something that has already been done... and probably better than how I could explain it.. check out this site... it will explain sessions for you with examples...

http://home.cnet.com/webbuilding/0-3882-8-4639552-3.html?tag=st.bl.3882-8-4639552-1.txt.3882-8-4639552-3

let me know if it works out.

Anon

hmmm i dont think that this is a solution. the problem is that the browser ask to resent the data on refreshes. but why and is there a way to prevent this, so that the browser do not ask to resent the data on refreshes. i bet session variables are a solution to hold variables over more than one php pages, but it is not a solution for this problem.

Mumpitzstuff

ps: i have the same problem, therefore im interested in this theme too...

Anon

I have a similar problem regarding html forms.
When the user inputs a invalid username(already used one) and submit the form, I want to send the input form back to the client with all other input data(Correct) unchanged and highlighting the invalid data so that the user can correct only that field and submit it again.
It will be a great help if anyone can answer my question.
Thank You
Renuka

Anon

I have the similiar problem. The Microsoft Internet Explorer tell me
"The page cannot be refreshed without resending the information.
Click Retry to send the information again, or click Cancel to return to the page that you were trying to view".

This error is occured as I have the page up for a long period and the session is seem timed out for this page. But, I would know at that point and I continue its sub-window task. As the sub-window is closed and back to the page. The error shows.

Any suggestion here?

Thanks.

Anon

I had the same problem. I found the solution from the page listed below:
http://lists.evolt.org/archive/Week-of-Mon-20000918/151781.html

Anon

Thanks for posting this url, it really helped me solve my problem!

appel

Hey Soo-Pei,

Could you poosibly post the actual text of that URL? cuz it's not working anymore...

thanks

grimer

This returns focus to the opening window and replaces the URL with a copy of
itself.
(if the URL is an ASP or CF file, this forces a reload of the page
automatically). Then
the pop-up window closes itself.

I've found that this gets around the "Form posting window" that is generated
when you
are "refreshing" a page that previously was called with the post method.
</tip>

grimer

...but having tried this method, I've had to change it.

IE seems to ignore the opener.location.href change, if the URL is the same as the one currently open. Hence, I've done:

var URL;

window.opener.focus();

URL = window.opener.location.href;
window.opener.location.href = 'index.asp';
window.opener.location.href = URL;
self.close();

Which generates a bit of unfortunate flicker, but more importantly works.

Richard