[Resolved] Back button and variables

[Hamsterpants]

Hi There,

Please can someone have a look at http://coleshillbiz.co.uk/add.php for me. If you fill in the form and click on the preview button and then click back you will see that all of the form data is lost. I think it has something to do with the way I handle the image upload so please make sure that upload an image. I have also attached that page and the page that it submuts the data to.

Thanks in advance

[nemonoman]

You can't trust the browser to retain input information when a user uses the back button. Upload image data IS NEVER retained under any circumstances; nor can it be prefilled under any circumstances. Other than image upload, you must create a php script to recreate the user's input.

<input type=text name=business value=
<? echo $_POST['business']; ?> >

etc. and a 'make changes' button to run the script. Even if you store the upload image name you can't prefill

<input type=file name=image value=
<? echo $_POST['image']; ?> >

It just won't work.

[Hamsterpants]

Ok so if I wanted to allow the user the option to edit the info before submiting it, I would have to pass the info to a new page rather then just go back to previous?

Thanks
Dill

[Hamsterpants]

Man I am being so stupid, all I had to do is list all the values as hidden input fields and then have a button that passes all the info to the origional page for editing.

Thanks very much
Dill