Re: [PHP] working with forms - loosing data on back button

2004-05-11 Thread John W. Holmes
From: "Merlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The problem I have, is that the publishing is split into 3 screens (steps). If > the user reaches form 2, types something in and clicks on back and then on > forward again he looses the values of the data entered in form 2. > > The back button is done with: jav

Re: [PHP] working with forms - loosing data on back button

2004-05-10 Thread Justin French
Merlin, I have a similar problem right now. After a little research, I can offer the following solutions: 1. Save the data to a temporary table with a timestamp -- then run a process via cron (or manually) to clear out old, unfinished forms, without worrying about your "real" data. 2. Save t

RE: [PHP] working with forms

2003-06-18 Thread Boaz Yahav
You already have the information you need, call the previous page again with this info + a message about what was wrong. Sincerely berber Visit http://www.weberdev.com/ Today!!! To see where PHP might take you tomorrow. -Original Message- From: Matt Palermo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PHP] working with forms

2003-06-18 Thread Ian Mantripp
on Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Matt Palermo wrote: >I have a forms page that a user will fill out. When it is submitted, it >checks to see if any of the field entries entries are empty, and if so, >it has a die() statement that has a link (javascript:history.back()) >which sends the user back to the form