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How can I prevent re-"post"-ing data when a user returns to a posted page using the back button?

Feb 19th, 2008 22:06
dman, PHP Man, Leif Gregory, Petar Pavlovic, John Ehrlinger, http://www.ttnr.org

This answer is related to PHP4 sessions, but it can be used without 
sessions as well
// Here we check to see if it was a "POST"
// form submit and allow caching so the
// back button won't give page expired
// These headers must be sent after the 
// start_session() call on the page
if ($REQUEST_METHOD=='POST') 
{
   header('Expires: ' . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s", time()+1000) . ' 
GMT');
   header('Cache-Control: Private');
}
coyote
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If you have REGISTER_GLOBALS disabled, you'll need to use
$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] instead of $REQUEST_METHOD.
Leif Gregory
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