Andre,
Have your form action point to a page that has your database storage code,
and nothing else (no screen output at all!). Have this page start with the
<?php tag with nothing above the tag (no html and no blank lines either!).
Once your storage is complete, then use the header("location:
somepageyouname") to go to the page you have next in line. Oh, and make
sure to use the ?> to end your php code.
Once you get the above to work, then you can add decision statements which
will help qualify your data. (e.g. if (!isset($name)) die ("You need to
fill in your name. Use the browser's back button and input this
information.");).
Hope this helps,
Hugh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kimsal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 1:15 PM
Subject: [PHP] Re: Is there a "GoTo Page" Function?
> Andre Dubuc wrote:
>
> > As a complete newbie to PHP, and relative novice to html, this one has
me
> > stumped. Rather than wade through volumes of documentation, I thought
I'd
> > risk asking it here.
> >
> > After inserting variables from a fill-out html form into my database, I
would
> > like the form to "goto" the next html page, but I cannot figure out how
to do
> > this basic function. I assume that when one clicks a "Submit" button,
the
> > info is sent to the server, but how do you call a new page? [In my old
> > Paradox PAL days, this was accomplished very easily. I cannot find a
> > corresponding function either in PHP or html.]
> >
> > (I.e: Once a person clicks on <"Input type=submit value="Accept"> Is
there a
> > function that can redirect the form to a new form?)
> >
> > Any help here would be greatly appreciated (or pointers to a good
working
> > tutorial that covers this area!)
> >
>
>
> Usually people will do one of two things:
>
> Make the action of the form tag point to the new page directly. That
> page would take care of any form data processing that needed to happen.
>
> OR
>
> Have the form call itself, then when it's done, use a HEADER tag with
> location: to redirect
> header("Location: newpage.php");
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> Michael Kimsal
> http://www.phphelpdesk.com
> 734-480-9961
>
>
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