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Posted by Jerim79 on 02/20/07 15:14
On Feb 20, 8:43 am, Erwin Moller
<since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spamyourself.com> wrote:
> Jerim79 wrote:
> > My boss has saddled me with this task, so I don't know all the
> > specifics. What I do know, is that I am looking for something similar
> > to this:
>
> > <form action="<? echo $PHPSELF ?>" method="POST">
>
> > Syntax aside, I think you can see what we are trying to accomplish. We
> > want to use PHP to call the exact same page that the form is on, for
> > processing. I take it that the page with the form will also contain
> > some PHP code that is executed when the page is reloaded. We want to
> > be able to reload the page, independent of the page name. So that if
> > we decide to rename the page foo.php or bar.php, it doesn't matter
> > because the form reloads its own page by reference, and not by name.
>
> > Other than $PHPSELF, $PHP_SELF or $SERVER['PHP_SELF'] (that should
> > just about cover it), what other options are there? I am looking for
> > all possible ways to do this. If you want, please just respond with a
> > keyword or a code snippet. I can research the details. Thank you in
> > advance.
>
> Hi Jerim,
>
> Many browsers reload if the href of a hyperlink or the action in a form is
> empty. I wouldn't trust that behaviour, however...
>
> But WHY do you not want to use the obvious good solutions you described
> yourself?
>
> Sounds to me like: I want to fly to Autralia, and I know I can take a plane,
> but what other options do I have?
>
> A baloon? Zeppelin?
>
> Just take the plane.
> Just use PHPSELF (any of the above that works).
>
> Regards,
> Erwin Moller
My boss routinely gives me these types of assignments. Since I am
junior in CS, and have been working at this company for less than six
months, I take it that he is trying to give me some "learning"
opportunities. Or perhaps he is just testing me, to see if I have the
ability to come up with the answer.
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