Posted by stathis gotsis on 11/19/98 11:46

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> stathis gotsis wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am tying to come up with an elegant way to process some input data
that
> > come from a form. When the user hits the 'Submit' button, i want the
form to
> > appear again with the already entered valid data filled in and prompt
the
> > user to re-enter the non-valid data. If all data is valid, i will
forward to
> > an other .php page which enters the data into a database.
> >
> > I tried to do this in the following way: the form always hits back on
> > itself, but when all data is valid i use the PHP:header() to redirect to
the
> > data.php that performs the database insertion. The problem is that the
data
> > is not available to data.php in the $_POST variable. How can i overcome
this
> > problem? Any other subtle way to handle the whole thing? Any help
> > appreciated.
> >
> >
>
> Stathis,
>
> I do things the same way you do - the page validates its own input and
then uses
> header() to move to the next page. But before the header() call, I store
the
> data in the $_SESSION variable.
>
> I prefer validating the data in the same page that contains the data. It
keeps
> the code together and, IMHO, cleaner. Plus, if it isn't needed in the
next
> page, you don't even have to touch that page.
>

Thank you for your answer. I missed the obvious: passing data through the
SESSION object on to the next page. This solution might even be more concise
than the MVC architecture that David suggested earlier on.

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