Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 02/02/07 22:55

Schmidty wrote:
>
> On Jan 29, 9:58 am, "Schmidty" <schmi...@baronholding.com> wrote:

>>> ==================Jerry,
>> Thanks for your help on this. I am still learning the client/server
>> concepts with PHP as well as OOP so bare with me...
>>
>> I understand what you have said and it makes sense. How would I update
>> the page with new information that is sent back from the database via
>> the server after clicking a 'submit' button? From what you are telling
>> me then, when the 'submit' button is pressed the script is re-
>> executed. In a function would I set the 'action' to a new page or use
>> the $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] variable? Do I put an 'if' statement BEFORE I
>> send the page to the browser?
>>
>> P. S. - I am using the Google Groups editor and it puts my replies at
>> the top of the page. I can put my reply at the bottom of the page if
>> this helps...
>
> Jerry I think I figured it out!!!
>
> I put two 'if' statements to check the form and then displayed the
> contents what was queried from the browser!
> Here is what I did;
>
> Example ===============================================
>
> if (isset($_POST['approved']) and isset($_POST['approve'])){
> $passapproval=$_POST['approve'];
> if ($passapproval){
> foreach ($passapproval as $userid){ $nu->approveApps($userid);}
> } // end if
> } // end if
> $nu->checkApps();
>
> End Example ============================================
>
> This works great and it makes sense with your explanation of the pages
> being 'stateless'. Thanks for your help and hope to get more help from
> you in the future. :)
>
> Schmidty
>

Hi, Schmidty.

Sorry for the delay in responding, but I had a hard disk crash and it
took me several days to get it back up and running again. But thank
$deity for backups! :-)

Yep, basically before you write your page, you have your PHP code check
the $_POST (or $_GET) array to see if data has been sent. If so,
process the data and then display the page. Otherwise, just display a
blank page.

You could also have the data sent do a different page which processes it
and redirects back to the original page (see the 'header' function).
But I find that usually makes things more complicated and harder to manage.

Glad you got it. And again, sorry to take so long to respond.

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Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
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