[RESOLVED] Auto refresh page after bouncing back

[AnarchistX]

Hello everyone,

My problem is that I have an upload page that sends images and a pictureID number of the upload.

I have 6 uploads, each with an ID, so I know which upload box was used.

Anyways, when I click upload, it runs the uploader.php, then bounces back to the form. When it bounces back, I want the user to be able to choose a different upload box to use.

Problem here is that, the old pictureID is still being applied to the page. Unless the user hits refresh, he'll upload using say box3, but the script will think he used the previous upload say 2, and then wrong files get overridden.

I just need to know how I can insert code into php that will automatically refresh a form page that called it.

I tried using meta tags in the header, but that didn't work as the form page kept refreshing before I even hit submit. Not really what I wanted.

I don't want to use javascript either b/c not everyone has java installed.

This site is great, you guys have helped me out a lot, thanks again for ALL future help and current help.

[etully]

What technique are you using to "bounce" them back to the form after the upload?

You have a good instinct to avoid Javascript when you can. Not only doesn't everyone have it installed but it behaves differently on different browsers.

So the non-JS way to "bounce" someone back to the form isn't with some browser trick but to include the form after the upload is complete.

When you post from the form to the upload page, you are going to a NEW page. On that page, once the uploading is done, if you include the form, it's a NEW form so it won't "remember" what was populated in the fields a minute ago on the old form - none of the fields will be populated so nothing will be accidentally overwritten.

[AnarchistX]

Thanks for the response etully, how would you include the form?

[etully]

You could write it as HTML. Or you could have the form in a text file and you include it by saying include("filename.php");

[AnarchistX]

Works great, thanks a lot etully.