How do I disable refresh?

Hello everyone,

I have a page that uses php and mysql to submit information. Now once the information is submitted I do not want the user to click refresh. The reason why, is it will submit the information again and again. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance,

Justin

I don't think there's a sure-fire way to prevent it, but perhaps these two links will help:

http://www.ozzu.com/programming-forum/stop-refresh-t23293.html&hi ... sable+back

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/sc ... 0&lngWId=2

An error 301 perhaps? If the form is valid, then action is carried out, and the browser is fed a 301, directing to a "thank you" type page. If the form is invalid then you DON'T send the 301 and reload the form.

Any takers for this idea? Will it work?

Simialar to what rtm thinks.

I would have the page submit the info, validate the data and on successfully completion of the transaction redirect to another page.

Another option is make one of the fields unique in the DB, so that if there is a refresh it will generate an SQL error and not insert the data. Then you could display a kind error saying the information has already been submitted and entered successfully.

It is not a good idea to disable things in the browser. Users will generally take this as an error with the browser and close the window and restart the browser

Alrighty, I think I will use the redirect idea. Thanks a lot guys.

Justin