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[TheMayhem]

I have created a fully automated RPG and have ran into a serious problem that users are taking unfair full advantage of. I have this part where you can battle a user and a user clicks the Submit button to do a move and then it forwards to the next page to do damage.

However what is happening is a user is smart enough to click a submit button over and over again, litterally like an X amount of times before the page has time to fully reload, Is there any type of javascript or type of php I can do so once a form is clicked on that IT then becomes disabled until a new page fully reloads? Or becomes disabled for like 3 seconds of time or some kind of php to stop this?

[r_amits]

hi

right now you might be directing the page through Form action="", you can use javascript for redirect the page to another page.

it will redirect the page more faster, you u can also redirect to a blank page of PHP, do all the processing in that page and then forward it to another page.

may be this will atleast display the page immediatly after hitting the submit Button, so user cannot hit it again.

thanks

[paul_v]

This might solve your problem:
http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol5/html_no16.htm

[TheMayhem]

Attached is my php code, the very last 20 lines are so is my problem. I've triple checked everything but whenever I run this page it refuses under all circumstances to go to the post page correctly. I didn't include all of the coding but that is the majority. Any ideas?

<?php

include("inc/setup.inc.php");
include("inc/connect.inc.php");
include("inc/includes.inc.php");
include("who.php");
include("inc/innercss.inc.php");

// Check IF Member
if (!$_SESSION['uid'])
{
include("inc/css.inc.php");
echo "You are not logged in.";
exit;
}

// ############################ GLOBAL Info ####################

$id = $_SESSION['uid'];

// User Info
$user = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("select * from user where id = ".intval($id)));
      track( "Batteling" , $_SESSION['uid'] );

// Computer Info
$compid = $_GET[compid];
$computer = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("select * from computer where id = ".intval($compid)));

// Set Compid for User
  if ($user[compid] == 0) {
      $setid = "update user set compid='".intval($computer[id])."' where id = '".intval($user[id])."'";
       mysql_query($setid);
      $compsetupdate = "update user set defensecurrent=defensetotal where id = '".intval($computer[id])."'";
       mysql_query($compsetupdate);
       echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0; url=battle.php?compid=$computer[id]'>";

}

// Purse Calcs
if ($user[alignment] == $computer[alignment])
$extrapurse = 0;
else {
  if ($user[alignment] == 1 AND $computer[alignment] == 3) {
    $extrapurse = 2; }
  if ($user[alignment] == 3 AND $computer[alignment] == 1) {
    $extrapurse = 2; } 
  if ($user[alignment] == 2 AND $user[alignment] != $computer[alignment]) {
    $extrapurse = 1; }      

}

$eneeded = $user[level]*50;
$totalpurse = ($computer[level]*3)+2+$extrapurse;
$newmoney = $totalpurse + $user[money];
$experiencegain = $computer[level]*10;


// ############################ Battle Info ####################
if ( $_REQUEST['compid'] and $_REQUEST['battle'] )
{
$compid = $_GET[compid];
$battle = $_GET[battle];

echo "Hey";

if($_POST[update])
{

echo "ALMOST THERE";

// Random Number Generators
// User
$uat = rand(1,14);
$uat = $uat-5;
$uev = rand(0,100);
//Computer
$cat = rand(0,15);
$cat = $cat-5;
$cev = rand(0,100);
$compmove = rand(1,2);

// Computer Attack
if ($compmove == 1) {
	 $compattack = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("select * from items where id = ".intval($computer[move1])));
   if ($compattack[type] == 1) {
   $cattackdamage = $compattack[damage] + $computer[attack] + $cat; }
   if ($compattack[type] == 2) {
   $cattackdamage = $compattack[damage] + $computer[submission] + $cat; }
   if ($compattack[type] == 3) {
   $cattackdamage = $compattack[damage]; } 
}	 
else {
	 $compattack = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("select * from items where id = ".intval($computer[move2])));
   if ($compattack[type] == 1) {
   $cattackdamage = $compattack[damage] + $computer[attack] + $cat; }
   if ($compattack[type] == 2) {
   $cattackdamage = $compattack[damage] + $computer[submission] + $cat; }
   if ($compattack[type] == 3) {
   $cattackdamage = $compattack[damage]; }  

}



// User Attack
	 $attackmove = $_POST['attackmove'];
	 $userattack = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("select * from items where id = ".intval($attackmove)));
   if ($userattack[type] == 1) {
   $attackdamage = $userattack[damage] + $user[attack] + $uat; }
   if ($userattack[type] == 2) {
   $attackdamage = $userattack[damage] + $user[submission] + $uat; }
   if ($userattack[type] == 3) {
   $attackdamage = $userattack[damage]; } 


// Order 
   if ($user[level] == $computer[level]) {
   $order = 2; }
   if ($user[level] >= $computer[level]) {
   $order = 2; }   

   if ($user[level] <= $computer[level]) {
   $order = 1; }

// Visible Elements
      if ($userattack[type] == 1) {
      $uattack = "You used the $userattack[name] and incflicted a total damage of $attackdamage."; }
      if ($userattack[type] == 2) {
      $uattack = "You used the $userattack[name] and squeezed out a total damage of $attackdamage."; }
      if ($userattack[type] == 3) {
      $uattack = "You have managed to replenish yourself with the $userattack[name] and restored $attackdamage points worth of health."; }     

      if ($compattack[type] == 1) {
      $cattack = "$computer[name] hit you with the $compattack[name] and did a total damage of $cattackdamage."; }
      if ($compattack[type] == 2) {
      $cattack = "$computer[name] set in the $compattack[name] and did a damage of $cattackdamage."; }
      if ($compattack[type] == 3) {
      $cattack = "$computer[name] replenished itself with the $compattack[name] and restored $cattackdamage points worth of health."; }     


// Calculate Evasions
    if ($uev <= $user[evasion]) {
    $userevasion = 1;
    $cattack = "The Computer's Move Failed"; }
    else {
    $userevasion = 2; }

if ($cev <= $computer[evasion]) {
$computerevasion = 1;
$uattack = "The User's Move Failed"; }
else {
$computerevasion = 2; }

// ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##   

// ## Calculations of Updated Scores AND Winner ##
// ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##

// **********************************************
// Order 1 = User Strikes First
  if ($order == 1) {
// User Fires
    if ($computerevasion == 2) {
    if (in_array($userattack[type], array(1, 2)))
      {
      $userquery = "update computer set defensecurrent=defensecurrent-$attackdamage where id = '".intval($computer[id])."'";
       mysql_query($userquery);
                echo "<i>$uattack</i>";
                $compdead = $computer[defensecurrent] - $attackdamage; 
      }
      else if ($userattack[type] == 3) {
      $userquery = "update user set defensecurrent=defensecurrent+$attackdamage where id = '".intval($user[id])."'";
       mysql_query($userquery);
                echo "<i>$uattack</i>";
               $compdead = $computer[defensecurrent];
      } 
    }
    else {
    $compdead = 1;
    echo "<i>$uattack</i>"; }    

$userdead = 1;    
// Computer Fires Back
if ($userevasion == 2) {
    if (in_array($compattack[type], array(1, 2)))
  {
  $userminus = "update user set defensecurrent=defensecurrent-".addslashes($cattackdamage)." where id = '".intval($user[id])."'";
   mysql_query($userminus);
            echo "<br><i>$cattack</i>";
            $userdead = $user[defensecurrent] - $cattackdamage; 
  }
  else if ($compattack[type] == 3) {
  $compup = "update computer set defensecurrent=defensecurrent+".addslashes($cattackdamage)." where id = '".intval($computer[id])."'";
   mysql_query($compup);
            echo "<br><i>$cattack</i>";
             $userdead = $user[defensecurrent];
  }
}
else {
$userdead = 1;
echo "<br><i>$cattack<i>"; }    

// Check to See if User is dead
    if ($userdead <= 0)
    {
     // Update Computer Query
        $comprestore = "update computer set defensecurrent=defensetotal where id = '".intval($computer[id])."'";
          mysql_query($comprestore);    

 // Update User Query
    $userupdate = "update user set loss=loss+1, compid=0, money=0, defensecurrent=0 where id = '".intval($user[id])."'";
      mysql_query($userupdate);

 echo "<br>You have lost. You suck!
  <meta http-equiv='refresh' content='2; url=map.php?id=$user[maparea]'>";
  exit;
 }


}





// **********************************************
// Order 2 = Computer Strikes First
  if ($order == 2) {   

    // Computer Strikes First
    if ($userevasion == 2) {
    if (in_array($compattack[type], array(1, 2)))
      {
      $userminus = "update user set defensecurrent=defensecurrent-".addslashes($cattackdamage)." where id = '".intval($user[id])."'";
       mysql_query($userminus);
                echo "<i>$cattack</i>";
                $userdead = $user[defensecurrent] - $cattackdamage; 
      }
      else if ($compattack[type] == 3) {
      $compup = "update computer set defensecurrent=defensecurrent+".addslashes($cattackdamage)." where id = '".intval($computer[id])."'";
       mysql_query($compup);
                echo "<i>$cattack</i>";
                $userdead = $computer[defensecurrent];
      }
    }    

    else {
    $userdead = 1;
    echo "<i>$cattack</i>"; }  



}


 }

}




if ($_REQUEST['compid'])
{


// Select User Moves
$move1 = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("select * from items where id = ".intval($user[move1])));
$move2 = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("select * from items where id = ".intval($user[move2])));



echo "<table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='5' border='0' width=100%'>
<tr>
<tr><td>Amount of Money you can gain:</td><td><b>$$totalpurse</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Amout of Experience you can gain:</td><td><b>$experiencegain</b></td></tr></table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan='2'>";
?>
<form action="<?php echo "battle.php?compid=$compid&battle=1"; ?>" method="post" onsubmit="document.getElementById('update').disabled = true">
<b>Attacking Options</b><br>
<b>1:</b> <input type='radio' name='attackmove' value='<?php echo "$move1[id]"; ?>' checked /><?php echo "$move1[name]"; ?></label><br>
<b>2:</b> <input type='radio' name='attackmove' value='<?php echo "$move2[id]"; ?>'/><?php echo "$move2[name]"; ?></label><br>
<input id="update" name="update" type="submit" value="Submit" />
<?php 
}

?>