Posted by Chung Leong on 07/24/06 15:37

Simon Rigby wrote:
> I was hoping to call a javascript function from the onclick event of
> the link, then assign a new $_POST variable and then submit the form
> (hence enabling me to read the $_POST value from the receiving page.
>
> Im aware that I could do the same thing with a $_SESSION but as this is
> the last stage of this app and I havent had to use sessions yet I was
> hoping to avoid it (for no real reason admittedly - I just got
> interested in the solution above as an idea).

I think people are getting too hung up on the Javascript question and
missed the main issue. The problem with your approach is that it breaks
a number of browser features. Open ing a link in a new window/tab will
not work. Bookmarking will not work. Page saving will not work
correctly. Pressing the back and refresh buttons will bring up warning
messages.

The end-user experience is what matters, not a programmer's preference
for doing things.

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