On Aug 24, 2011, at 11:52, John Black <s...@network-technologies.org> wrote:
> On 08/24/2011 03:04 AM, Jason Pruim wrote: >> Wondering what everyone does to prevent multiple form submissions? >> My form is simply getting emailed to my email, and it redirects to a success >> page when submitted... >> Would it be as simple as doing something with the cache control? Basically >> I'm trying to avoid someone submitting a form... Then hitting back, and >> submitting again, then hitting back.... I think you get the idea... >> What do you all do? >> Jason Pruim > > > Hi, > I am using $_SESSION for this. Set a value on the initial page, a timestamp > is a good choice, then validate the value on the receiving script and clear > the value. > > I like to use a timestamp because it will allow you to deny a comment which > took too long to submit. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > I've always tended to stay away from session for that, as when the browser closes/restarts, the page is accessible again. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
