Form generating blank entries in database

[Trevster]

I have a form which will be used to add entries to an SQL database. However, when you load the page it generates a blank entry in the database (not just refresh but on initial page load too).

What's the best way to stop the submission happening on every page load so that only by clicking the button will an entry be created?

[bradgrafelman]

Well, give the submit button a name in the HTML form so that it's a submitted entity, like so:

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Form" />

and then use [man]isset[/man] to verify that it was sent. If not, then the user did not submit the form yet and it should be not processed.

Another thing you might look into is using [man]empty[/man] to test whether key elements have been given values.

[jay_raiyani]

Trevster;10715848 wrote:

I have a form which will be used to add entries to an SQL database. However, when you load the page it generates a blank entry in the database (not just refresh but on initial page load too).

What's the best way to stop the submission happening on every page load so that only by clicking the button will an entry be created?

By :- Jay Raiyani