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Re: multi-page form [message #174698 is a reply to message #174695] Tue, 28 June 2011 19:46 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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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
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