Redirect after submitting form. Please help

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  1. #1
    Hi!

    I'm working on a little script, in which info sent through a form is written to a MySQL database.

    My problem is, after submitting the form, the visitor gets redirected to the page with the empty form again. There's no indication that his info was sent successfully.

    I would like to either
    * redirect the visitor to a success-page after successful submission

    or
    * display a message on the form page after successful submission (using php)

    And this without messing up the code for sending the form :rolleyes:

    The problem is, I don't know where to start. Do I make changes to the <form> code, or do I edit the 'action' script file?

    Please help me out?

    Greetz!
    mieke
     
    lokielookies, Mar 11, 2007 IP
  2. hamidof

    hamidof Peon

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    #2
    Post your script so we can help you.
     
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  3. srobona

    srobona Active Member

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    #3
    Not a tough job. Please pm me with the php code. I'll try to help you
     
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  4. krakjoe

    krakjoe Well-Known Member

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    #4 
    
First example :

<?
/**
* Example form letting the user know what's happening
**/ 
if($_POST)
{
	/**
	* This is where you code will be to check the form submission
	**/
	if( strlen($_POST['item_1']) > 5 )
	{
		$message = "Your name is less than five letters long<br />\n";
	}
	else
	{
		$message = "Your name is longer than five letters long<br />\n";
	}
}
?>
<!-- Next the tag to display the message generated by the action(s) above -->
<?=$messages ?>
<form action="" method="post">
Item 1 : <input type="text" name="item_1" /><br/>
<input type="submit" value="Post" />
</form>

Second example :

<?
/**
* Example form redirecting the user after form submission
**/
if($_POST)
{
	/**
	* This is where you code will be to check the form submission
	**/
	if( strlen($_POST['item_1']) > 5 )
	{
		header("location:page_for_more_than_five_letters.php");
		exit;
	}
	else
	{
		header("location:page_for_less_than_five_letters.php");
		exit;
	}
}
?>
<form action="" method="post">
Item 1 : <input type="text" name="item_1" /><br/>
<input type="submit" value="Post" />
</form>
    PHP:
     
    krakjoe, Mar 11, 2007 IP
  5. mariush

    mariush Peon

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  6. techie007

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    #6
    I have a simple code for you..try this out..if this is what you are looking for.

    <html>
<body>
<form id="form" name="form">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="781">
<tr>
<td align="Left" width="115" ><font face="Verdana" size="2"><strong>Name:</strong></font></td>
<td align="Left" >
<input name="Name" type="text" value="Enter Your Name" size="27" tabindex="1" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="115"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Item Name:</font></b></td>
<td>
<input name="ItemName" type="text" value="Enter Your Item Name" size="27" tabindex="1" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font face="Verdana"></font></td>
<td>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" style="float: left" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<?
// Connect database.
$host="localhost"; // MySQL Host name; commonly it is localhost.
$db_user=""; // MySQL username.
$db_password=""; // MySQL password.
$database=""; // Database name.
$db_table=""; //Table where you want to insert the information.
mysql_connect($host,$db_user,$db_password);
mysql_select_db($database);
if (isset($_REQUEST['Submit']))
{
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `userinfo` VALUES ('$name', '$itemname')");
echo "Thank you ".$Name.", You have item name as ".$ItemName;
} 	
?>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
    PHP:
    Thanks,
     
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  7. lokielookies

    lokielookies Well-Known Member

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    #7
    Thanks for all the tips!

    I've found the solution to my problem.
    It was there all the time, I just didn't recognize it :rolleyes:

    I just had to change the page name in

    header("Location: thanks.php")

    Greetz!
    Mieke Janssens
     
    lokielookies, Mar 12, 2007 IP