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omgimlost

Hello all, Im just getting into PHP and I have a form that i created. Once you fill it in and hit the send button it echo's with a jpeg I created as a response in the same browser window.

It does not allow me to go back to the website, the fields stay filled if I use the browser arrows to return.

What I would like to do now is have the jpeg return to the website and make the fields reset.

I know its possible in PHP using html but I am unsure of where to start the remaining code.

Here is the code:

<?php
$subject = $POST['subject'] ;
$name = $POST['name'] ;
$email = $POST['email'] ;
$comments = $POST['comments'] ;
$message = $name .",\n" . $comments ;

mail( "email goes here", $subject,
$message, "From: $email" );
echo( "<img src='thankyou.jpg'>" );
?>

scross

The browser stores pages you have recently visited and often data you enter into forms. This is why the fields are filled in when you use the browser back button. There are a number of ways to solve the problem, such as using HTML headers or some simple javascript. However, unless there is a specific reason to do so, this is unnecessary and annoy the user if they use the back button to try to get the data back.

In answer to your other question, you can turn the picture into a link by simply changing it from:

echo( "<img src='thankyou.jpg'>" );

to:

echo( "<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/"><img src='thankyou.jpg'></a>" );

(change http://www.yoursite.com/ to your own site url)

Then, when the user clicks the image they will be sent back to your site. Does this answer your question?

omgimlost

Hey scross,

Thanks, for the information, I will try this and see how it turns out.
I need to change the jpeg text I have on it to let them know they can return back to the website.

Much appreciated.

omgimlost

OK, I tried the code:

echo( "<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/"><img src='thankyou.jpg'></a>" );

BUT it did not work and gave me an error message. but after doing some searching I realized that I needed to change the double quotes in the code
<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/"> to single: <a href='http://www.yoursite.com/'>

now it works fine.

Thanks once again for your input much appreciated!

scross

Oh sorry 🙂 I screwed up the code because I was using double quotes both to enclose the HTML and within the HTML, which was bound to cause problems.

I normally use single quotes when I'm coding in PHP so for some reason I must've just assumed you were using single quotes to enclose the HTML code in the PHP code. In general I think it's best if you use single quotes for enclosing the HTML and then use double quotes in the HTML, but it is your own choice.

omgimlost

Ok, here is my dilemma,

I thought I fixed the code from:

echo( "<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/"><img src='thankyou.jpg'></a>" );

to:
echo( "<a href='http://www.yoursite.com/'><img src='thankyou.jpg'></a>" );
By changing the double quotes to a single.

But when you click on the jpeg to return back to the page it goes back fine, but now all the navigation links on the page don't go anywhere the page is frozen?

Im am really stumped.
why would this be happening is it because of the single quotes?

omgimlost

OK, I found the problem:

I had a backslash in the code at the end of contact so I deleted it and now it works fine.
the backslash was conflicting with the other navigation links as they were trying to load.

The old code:
echo( "<a href='http://www.yoursitename.com/contact/.html'><img src='thankyou.jpg'>" );

the NEW CODE:
echo( "<a href='http://www.yoursitename.com/contact.html'><img src='thankyou.jpg'>" );

I need a beer

scross

The single quotes shouldn't make a difference. To be honest, without extra information, I don't think I can come up with an accurate explanation.

EDIT: Hah. You responded while I was writing my response. Anyway, I'm happy to see you've solved the problem 🙂

omgimlost

Scross thanks for the reply anyway, YOU ROCK!