Posted by Rik on 10/13/37 11:29

juglesh wrote:
> well, the easiest way, is on page b, just go 'hey that's an invalid
> email addy, use yer back button and fix it' The values that they typed
> should be there.

And for MSIE (that isn't behaving to correctly...) add the following after
session_start():
header("Cache-control: private");

That should repair the nast quality of IE "forgetting" everything in a just
submitted form.

> Or, you could have the page A submit to itself.
> if ($_POST['submit'] == 'submit'){
> //do your validation
> }
> if (($validation == 'error')OR($_POST['submit'] != 'submit'){
> //display the form
> // <input type='text' name='email' value='<?php echo $_POST['email']
>> '>
> }
> else{
> // do whatever, validation is passed
> }

I prefer the second option, saves a hell of a lot unneccesary different
files.

Grtz,

RIk

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