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| From | Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.php |
| Subject | Re: multi-page form |
| Date | 2011-06-27 18:54 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <iub1ml$55u$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <iuabqa$530$1@dont-email.me> <iuasu2$6lc$1@dont-email.me> <iuaujv$c7t$1@dont-email.me> |
On 6/27/2011 6:01 PM, William Gill wrote: > On 6/27/2011 5:32 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 6/27/2011 12:40 PM, William Gill wrote: >>> I am working on a form that will traverse many pages (lots of context >>> and a few inputs on each page). My concern is the user navigating back >>> and forth between pages w/o losing data (i.e. via the back button). >>> >>> As far as I can tell, I need to integrate ECMA script, XMLHttpRequest, >>> and session variables, triggered by the onLoad and onUnload events. >>> >>> Are there any other approaches that I should look into? >> >> What are you trying to do? Keep the user from going back a page? If they >> do, the client may not even request the page from the server - just >> serve it from the client cache. >> >> Do you want to prevent the user from going back a page? Force the page >> to be reloaded if they do go back? What's your goal? >> > No I wouldn't prevent them from going back and forth even if I could. > > There are as few as 4 or 5 fields on some pages, but they may need/want > to back up to see their earlier input. > > All I want is to prevent them from completing some fields; then backing > up and losing their input. > > I'm thinking of creating an XMLHttpRequest object and using it to update > session variables if a user backs up (triggered by the ONUNLOAD > event),and then repopulating the fields when he/she returns (ONLOAD). > > Haven't done it in a while, and wanted to know if this is the best > approach. > From the PHP end, it's not that hard. When they enter data, place it in the $_SESSION array. When you display a page, check to see if the entries have already been saved in the $_SESSION array. If they have, display the previously entered values. If not, display an empty field or other default value. If you want to use AJAX or other javascript code, you're asking in the wrong newsgroup. -- ================== Remove the "x" from my email address Jerry Stuckle JDS Computer Training Corp. jstucklex@attglobal.net ==================
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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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