> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 26 June 2003 20:22
>
> What I would like to do is somehow have a redundant error
> check on the server
> side and then display an error message above the form on the
> main page should
> fields be left blank or forbidden characters entered. Since I
> have access to the
> $_POST['variables'] on the form processing page, I've already
> written some code
> to detect the presence of error characters, etc...and no
> query is performed if
> there is an error. But how do I pass a "flag" variable back
> to the main page to
> echo an appropriate message above the form?
One simple way:
header("Location: http:/your.server.name/path/to/main_page.php?err=$errcode");
exit();
And then emit an error in main_page.php if $_GET['err'] is set.
If you're using sessions, another way would be to set an error variable in the session.
Cheers!
Mike
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