Posted by John Nichel on 04/06/05 22:27

Jay Blanchard wrote:
> Let's say I have a form and the action is thus;
>
> <form name=\"managebatch\" action=\"" . basename($PHP_SELF) .
> "?bid=edit\" method=\"POST\">\n";
>
> Note the 'bid' attribute. Now, I have a case statement in which stuff
> takes place since the form has called it because of the 'bid' attribute.
> Before I break from the case I do this;
>
> unset($_GET['bid']);
>
> SIDEBAR: You should all note that I ma editing someone else's code.
> Someone who did not bother to comment their code. [ed note: Yes, they
> work for the same company, but are not in the department, yet management
> says that I have to support their code. I asked if we could at least
> teach them commenting and revision control. They looked at me as if I
> was a space alien]. Someone who believes that all forms should use
> $PHP_SELF (because whatever book they have showed them this, so
> therefore it must be good for everything).
>
> The URL comes back and the 'bid' attribute is still there. Is this to be
> expected? If so, do you have any advice (other than copious amounts of
> alcohol) for dealing with this?
>
> Thank you, I really appreciate your help.
>

I may be missing something here; not understanding what you're saying
(happens all the time according to my wife), but even if you unset the
$_GET variables, it will still be in the URL, as that's where the form
posted too. And since the code is written to post to PHP_SELF, it will
keep that value for the next load of the page. You could get rid of the
query string, and header() redirect to the posting page without the query.

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John C. Nichel
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