Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/15/07 19:20

Chuck Anderson wrote:
> pepper.gabriela@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Create a form on page B. Copy all of the $_POST variables into hidden
>>> fields with a submit button that says, "Go Back."
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> hi chuck, it sounds interesting (I imagine form on page B should point
>> page A), but what if the user clicks the back button of his browser?
>>
>>
>
> Yes, the form action on page B is to return to page A.
>
> Clicking the Back button is fine. The browser loads the previous state
> of page A, with the form fields still filled out.
>

It will if you have the browser caching the page and haven't needed to
flush the cache. But you shouldn't depend on that behavior.

> I've even written a function that reads all of the elements in an array
> (e.g., $_POST) and creates hidden form fields for each one. It can even
> handle multi-dimensional arrays (e.g., $_POST variables that are
> themselves, an array).
>

That's the best way to handle things.

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