$request_method

greenber

So, I'm using a 'if $REQUEST_METHOD == "POST" ' conditional on my PHP page. I have it self-submitting i.e. ACTION="", and it's starting off with $RM=="GET", then when I submit a form, $RM=="POST", and that's exactly as it should be.

A simple refresh on the page does not change $RM -- it's always =="POST", even when I refresh without a submit.

What am I missing?

Thanks!

Ross

dalecosp

It's possible that the browser is reposting the data on the refresh, I suppose .....

🙂

greenber

My problem is that once I POST, I always post thereafter. I want $REQUEST_METHOD==POST to show the actual current state.

Any ideas?

Ross

keith73

show some code so the rest of us can see exactly what you're doing that could be causing your problem.

keith

greenber

The problem:

The first time run, It's a GET. Then submit. It's a POST. So far, so good.

Then refresh. It's a POST again!?!?!
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<?php
$q= $REQUEST_METHOD;
echo $q;
if ($q=="POST")
{
echo "Deleting Database.";
}
else
{
echo "Database secure";
}

?>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Delete Database">
</form>
</body>
</html>

keith73

oh I see, your problem has nothing to do with code, but logic.

When you submit a form to itself via post, the browser will always give you that message if you try to reload. That's a browser thing. You can't do anything about that.

What you can do is post your form to a handler script. This script does what you need to do with the form data and then you send the data back to the page that submitted via get. If you need to pass data you send it in the url.

keith

greenber

Ah! Thanks, Keith!

There I was. banging my head against the wall, and everything was working properly..Except the aforementioned head...

Thanks, again!

Ross