Refreshing POSTed form = "Page Cannot be Refreshed"

acidbox

If I POST form and then want to refresh the POSTed form once I am there, I get this message:

Is there any way to overcome this message and force the browser to refresh the form without prompting?

I tried removing all the "hidden" variables from the page, but it still prompts me. Anyone know what I can do?

I need to do this because my project displays time sensitive information and I want to refresh the page every 10 minutes. If the pop-up displays it won't refresh and kills the automation behind the auto-refresh.

chads2k2

The only way I know is to have it go through GET. That way the page has all the headers it needs to do it's thing. Like if you were to keep refreshing something that said:
http://www.ohhbad.com/chatroom.php?fname=bobo&lname=clown

That will refresh just fine.

SECOND THING YOU COULD DO.
User submits info -> Go to page and hold everything in a session (assuming somethings wouldn't change) -> Bounce them to the page you want to refresh and use the session variables. That will retrain the information and not make them keep hitting "OK" or whatever.

Just some thoughts. I have only tried the first one and know that it works. You can hide the URL with an IFRAME just FTI. Lata,

Chad

acidbox

I thought of that already, but I can't allow people to be able to change values via the URL. I only want them to be able to select options from the form that they are posting. It seems that there would an easy way to accomplish this.

mtmosier

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10283145&highlight=post+and+refresh+and+header

Oh, and don't count on users not modifying information in a form that's posted. No data coming from the user should ever be trusted. Using post just makes it slightly harder.