Form Data on Back Button

[ronnyjljr]

Hiya,

Is there anyway to prevent the data in the form fields from being lost if the page refreshes or the user hits the back button? Everytime I check the data for validity it will display the error but all of the form data is gone. Is there a quick solution or do I have to go through and essentially echo the form data values?

Thanks,
Ron

cout << "If you don't know where you want to go, we'll make sure you get taken";

 

[jpadie]

in your form creation add a value in the value attribute that equates to the variable. confused?

eg.

instead of

<input type="text" name="textfield1" />

go for

<input type="text" name="textfield1" value="<?=$_POST['textfield1']"/>

if the $_POST var is not set you may get a notice in your error log but the user will not see the error if you have error_reporting set to a normal production value.

 

[ronnyjljr]

Haha,

This is what I wanted to avoid, explicitley setting the values but I guess it's the only way. I was hoping maybe I could set a browser variable and have it keep track.

Thanks though!
-Ron

cout << "If you don't know where you want to go, we'll make sure you get taken";

 

[jpadie]

some browsers refill the forms if you press back. but there is no "standard" here. i always use the method above.

 

[jpadie]

by the way - why did you want to avoid it?

 

[ronnyjljr]

Didn't want to write the code haha

cout << "If you don't know where you want to go, we'll make sure you get taken";