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Re: multi-page form

From Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: multi-page form
Date 2011-06-29 07:59 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 6/29/2011 12:52 AM, Jeff North wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:21:40 -0400, in comp.lang.php Jerry Stuckle
> <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
> <iudr6o$263$1@dont-email.me>  wrote:
>
>> | On 6/28/2011 7:30 PM, Jeff North wrote:
>> |>  On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:58:42 -0400, in comp.lang.php Jerry Stuckle
>> |>  <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
>> |>  <iudmb4$168$1@dont-email.me>   wrote:
>> |>
>> |>>  | 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
>> |>>  |
>> |>>  | Users are already familiar with the operation of the back button.  Why
>> |>>  | force them to change to something abnormal?  And even if you do, they'll
>> |>>  | still press the back button...
>> |>>  |
>> |>>  | Of course, you can effectively disable the back button - at the risk of
>> |>>  | needlessly aggravating your users.
>> |>
>> |>  No you can't disable the back button!!!!!
>> |>  http://www.jibbering.com/faq/#disableBackButton
>> |
>> | Actually, it's quite easy to effectively disable the back button.  I do
>> | it quite regularly for pages where I don't want the user to be able to
>> | go back - like payment processing confirmation.  And no client-side
>> | programming such as javascript required.
>
> Enlighten me. How do you disable the back button without using
> JavaScript?

By using the Location: header call to redirect the browser to the new page.

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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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