|  | Posted by Marek Kilimajer on 06/19/83 11:16 
Robert Meyer wrote:> "Marek Kilimajer" <lists@kilimajer.net> wrote in message
 > news:428A7034.5010607@kilimajer.net...
 >
 >>Robert Meyer wrote:
 >>
 >>>Hello,
 >>>
 >>>Scenario:
 >>>1) User is presented a blank form.
 >>>2) User fills in form.
 >>>3) User submits form.
 >>>4) Record is added to database.
 >>>5) Back to 1).
 >>
 >>Go really back to 1) - use redirect. After the record is added to the
 >>database, use something like:
 >>header('Location: http://yourserver.com/form.php');
 >>exit;
 >
 >
 > Does this work for all browsers?
 
 yes.
 
 >
 >
 >>>All is fine to here.
 >>>6) User clicks refresh.
 >>>7) Another record is added, same data except auto-increment field.
 >>>How do I prevent these last two steps, or at least prevent a record
 >>>from being added when refresh is clicked?
 >>
 >>You should see a message from your browser that data is being reposted.
 >
 >
 > I looked for such a message and the only thing I can find is as follows:
 >
 > 1) _SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'] and _ENV['HTTP_ACCEPT'] and change to "*/*", but I
 > don't know if that is the case for all browsers, do you know?
 >
 > 2) _SERVER['REDIRECT_UNIQUE_ID'] and _ENV['REDIRECT_UNIQUE_ID'],
 > _SERVER['REMOTE_PORT'] and _ENV['REMOTE_PORT'], _SERVER['UNIQUE_ID'] and
 > _ENV['UNIQUE_ID'] change, but I don't think the values are predictable,
 > especially between browsers.
 >
 > Do you know of a specific message to look for and is that message the same
 > for all browsers?
 
 that's a message the user (using the browser) gets from the browser.
 Unless you use GET method, but you should really use POST method for
 forms that change state on the server.
 
 
 
 >
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