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Re: multi-page form

From William Gill <nospam@domain.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: multi-page form
Date 2011-06-28 16:05 -0400
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On 6/28/2011 3:46 PM, Bill B wrote:
> 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.
>
> Would you not be inclined to offer the user a submit button to give some
> control over going backwards rather than force the user to use the
> browser back button?
>
> Bill

Bill, I appreciate you effort, but the issue was never to "force" anyone 
to hit the back button.  It was to prevent data fubar not if, but WHEN 
they hit the back button.

As for "providing the cumulative information" if the initial 
questionnaire required that as few as 4 fields appear on a single page, 
do you think that displaying cumulative responses will actually help 
things overall?

I design like I ride my Harley.  If I led a driver do something stupid, 
and I'm not prepared, I'm the one who pays.

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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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