> > You could have a check for the HTTP_REFERER variable, if it doesn't
> > contain "application.php", chances are they didn't come from that page.
> it's not a good idea to rely on $HTTP_REFERER for anything, and especially
> for this. a referer is only reported when the user follows a hyperlink, so
> in the hypothetical case given there would be no referer.
Isn't that the point? If there's no referer, they didn't come from the first
page, so you send them back there. I could be completely wrong here - is
HTTP_REFERER empty following a form submission, even if it's to a different
page?
> what you need to do is combine your two scripts, which is really a neater
> way handling forms anyway. point your form action to the same page
> ($PHP_SELF works really well for this, since you can rename the file and
> it will still run properly), and then add the following code to the top
> of your application.php file
>
> if($GLOBALS["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
>
> include("process_application.php");
>
> exit;
>
> }
This is how I would handle it personally, but then he'd mentioned having two
pages, so......
Cheers
Jon
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