Filling form multiple times

[DickDeeds]

I have a php program called from a menu where I put in information. When submitted, the form returns to the meny and leaves the screen with just the menu.

I need to make 40 - 50 entries using this program (form). I put three buttons on the form, Submit-normal submit button so database can be updated, Complete - close the form and return to menu and Cancel - does the same a complete.

I would like a method to keep the form on the page after submit is clicked with a "clean" form to continue making entries until the complete button is clicked.

Does anyone have an idea?

TIA
Dick Deeds

[etully]

Typically, the way you do that is to redisplay a clean form right after your PHP code to do the insert like this:

<?php

if ($_REQUEST['submit'] {
//  put your code here for processing the submit of a form
}

?>
<!-- Now display a clean form -->
<form action="thispage.php">
<input type=text name=field1>
<input type=submit value="Go" name="submit">
</form>

That way, everytime you submit the page, it goes to itself, processes the form data, and displays another form.

If this is being designed for someone at your company to be able to enter lots of records, I find that it's easier to have them open a program like Excel or a text editor and have them enter the data there and save it as a CSV file. Then you write a program to do batch imports from a CSV. That way, you can have them do their data entry in a page where they can have tools like cut and paste, spell check, etc.