On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Shawn McKenzie<nos...@mckenzies.net> wrote: > Bastien Koert wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Shawn McKenzie<nos...@mckenzies.net> wrote: >>> PJ wrote: >>>> I have a bit of a situation. >>>> I have set up addBooks, editBooks and deleteBooks pages. Before >>>> complicating my life & mixing them up in one file, I am running tests. >>>> I'd like to make them idiot proof, up to a point. >>>> When the page is submitted and the code is parsed, the form inputs >>>> remain on the screen along with the submit buttons. >>>> I'm not sure of what is the normal way of closing/hiding/wiping the >>>> screen output before showing the result output of the operation. >>>> I do not want a user to resubmit the input which is still in the input >>>> $strings. >>>> I am wondering if I should be using some code to clear the inputs like >>>> unsetting??? sessions or a break or am I doing something wrong with the >>>> flow of the code? >>>> I'd like to leave the pages with only the output of success (or failure) >>>> and links to do another add/edit/delete operation. >>>> Thanks for any suggestions. >>>> >>> I've never tried it, but you can possibly submit to an intermediate page >>> that stuffs the post vars into a session, echos "please wait" and then >>> redirects to the page that does the processing. The processing page >>> gets the sessions vars and does its business. >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks! >>> -Shawn >>> http://www.spidean.com >>> >>> -- >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >>> >> >> What about placing the contents in different divs and showing hiding >> those divs on submit? Then using AJAX to update the server / database >> with the requested operation? >> > That's a good one, however I'm assuming you haven't been following PJ's > posts :-) Once he tries AJAX, I feel for the js.general and > ajax.general folks! > > -- > Thanks! > -Shawn > http://www.spidean.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
Well, I have followed PJ's posts and agree that this [AJAX] is something that he's not ready for yet. @PJ, the whole submit / process/ redraw the form only takes a few seconds and the simplest thing is to just place a spinning 'buy' gif image in the center of the page to let people know something is working -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php