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 Posted by Jerim79 on 04/06/07 19:11 
On Apr 5, 5:02 pm, Tyno Gendo <u...@example.com> wrote: 
> Jerry Stuckle wrote: 
> 
> [snip] 
> 
> >> So it does some data validation at the top. If $Email is empty, it 
> >> shows the form on the screen for the user to fill out. It also puts 
> >> the appropriate error message next to the email question. If $Email is 
> >> not empty when the user clicks submit, the form verifies it is not 
> >> empty, and then calls the next page. The obvious problem is that when 
> >> the page first loads, it displays the error message. 
> 
> > Before validating see if $_POST['Submit'] contains 'Continue' or not. If 
> > not, don't validate. 
> 
> Or you can wrap your checks with the following also, so it only does it 
> on POST 
> 
> if ( $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST" ) { 
>         // validation checks 
> 
> } 
 
I like both of the ideas presented. Thanks so much. The answer is 
always obvious after someone points it out :)
 
  
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