Thanks Gavin, that helped to clear things up. -Joshua- "Gavin Vess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi Joshua, > > Despite the notices at the top of the Wikipedia entry, I think you will > find what you are looking for here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get > > http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?l=RedirectAfterPost > > Yes, _forward() is simply a technique for internal action chaining without > requiring another request from the user agent: > > > http://framework.zend.com/fisheye/browse/Zend_Framework/trunk/library/Zend/Controller/Action.php?r=trunk#l621 > > Cheers, > Gavin > > P.S. The demo/tutorial uses both _forward and _redirect in the > "forum/controllers/IndexController.php" controller: > > http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFDEV/Tutorial > > Joshua Ross wrote: >> I am also curious about this. In order to separate logic in my actions I >> forward when I have post data. My initial thinking was that redirect >> sends and recieves some data from the client and as such forward would >> make more sense. However after looking at the code I don't think that is >> the case. Can anyone help me out by giving some clear examples on the >> intended uses of forward and redirect? >> >> Thanks, >> -Joshua- >> >> >> >> "Ian Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> Hi >>> >>> When creating my application I use the forward action to separate logic. >>> >>> However the downfall of this is when a user hits Refresh on the browser >>> or F5 they are taken back to the action that initiated the forwarding. >>> >>> I use this for validating forms and sending the user through different >>> paths depending on results. >>> >>> Is there a better method to handle this within Zend? >>> >>> How do other handle user pathing ? >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Ian >>> >
