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Re: multi-page form

From Bill B <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: multi-page form
Date 2011-06-28 15:06 -0400
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On 6/28/2011 3:02 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 6/28/2011 2:00 PM, Bill B wrote:
>> On 6/28/2011 12:13 PM, William Gill wrote:
>>> Don't know what I was really expecting to find. Guess I'll just go the
>>> ECMA script (JavaScript); XMLHttpRequest and session variable route.
>>
>> If the issue is users pressing the back button to look at previously
>> entered data, revisit the idea of providing the cumulative information
>> that has been entered, thus taking away the need to go back. Once
>> posted, the data can be placed in session variables and will follow the
>> user as s/he goes from page/form to page/form. This eliminates the need
>> for a complex coding solution.
>>
>> Bill B
>>
>>
>
> Saving the data in the $_SESSION array and displaying it if it exists
> isn't really a "complex coding solution". Plus the user can then go back
> and change a response if necessary.

Agreed. I was responding more to the OP's inclination to go down the 
path of JavaScript and other options he mentioned. Your point about 
session variables seems straightforward to me.

Bill B

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multi-page form William Gill <noreply@domain.invalid> - 2011-06-27 12:40 -0400
  Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-27 13:31 -0400
    Re: multi-page form William Gill <noreply@domain.invalid> - 2011-06-27 13:41 -0400
      Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-27 14:24 -0400
  Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-27 17:32 -0400
    Re: multi-page form William Gill <nospam@domain.invalid> - 2011-06-27 18:01 -0400
      Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-27 18:18 -0400
        Re: multi-page form Graham Hobbs <ghobbs@cdpwise.net> - 2011-07-05 20:06 -0400
      Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-27 18:54 -0400
        Re: multi-page form William Gill <nospam@domain.invalid> - 2011-06-28 04:22 -0400
          Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-28 06:53 -0400
            Re: multi-page form William Gill <nospam@domain.invalid> - 2011-06-28 12:13 -0400
              Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-28 14:00 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-28 15:02 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-28 15:06 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-28 15:46 -0400
                Re: multi-page form William Gill <nospam@domain.invalid> - 2011-06-28 16:05 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-28 16:12 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-28 16:20 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-28 18:58 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au> - 2011-06-29 09:30 +1000
                Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-28 20:21 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au> - 2011-06-29 14:52 +1000
                Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-29 07:59 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-29 08:09 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-29 08:41 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-29 08:48 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-29 11:08 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Bill B <me@privacy.net> - 2011-06-29 12:27 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au> - 2011-06-29 23:10 +1000
                Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-29 11:09 -0400
                Re: multi-page form Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2011-06-29 18:56 +0200
                Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-29 15:32 -0400
      Re: multi-page form "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-06-28 13:57 -0500
  Re: multi-page form Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au> - 2011-06-29 08:46 +1000
    Re: multi-page form William Gill <nospam@domain.invalid> - 2011-06-28 19:29 -0400
      Re: multi-page form Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au> - 2011-06-29 15:15 +1000
        Re: multi-page form Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-06-29 08:01 -0400
        Re: multi-page form Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2011-06-29 19:00 +0200
  Re: multi-page form Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2011-06-29 19:05 +0200
    Re: multi-page form William Gill <nospam@domain.invalid> - 2011-06-29 13:44 -0400

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