> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jochem Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 3:39 AM
> To: Beauford
> Cc: PHP
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Clearing POST variable on page refresh
> 
> Beauford wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a page with a form on it which posts to itself. The problem is
> when
> > someone refreshes the page it enters the data into the DB again. How do
> I
> > clear these variables so that doesn't happen. I tried the unset
> function,
> > but no luck. I really don't want to use sessions or cookies as this is
> just
> > a simple little page, but still, it has to work right.
> 
> sessions are no big deal - search the list archive for stuff like 'form
> token'
> until you find one of the many explainations of how to tackle this issue
> using
> a 'one time' token concept (find the posts by Richard Lynch - they are the
> most
> complete/abundant/explicit AFAICR) - the solution does use sessions, but
> like I
> said thats not a big deal at all. :-)
> 
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> 
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My way of getting around this has been to put the data manipulation into a
"process" page, which redirects back to the content page when its finished
processing.  That way, when the user hits refresh it doesn't ask to resubmit
the data.  It just refreshes the display.

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