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[Jeff Siegel]

"If anyone knows of any concise HTTP header references/explanations"

You should check out Chris Shiflett's book "HTTP Developer's Handbook" 
(see: http://shiflett.org). Cleared up a number of issues for me.

Jeff Siegel

tech at protchkocreative.com wrote:

> Thanks for suggestions re: refreshing a form page that's been processed.
> I was trying to avoid redirecting to another page after submitting the form and 
> would prefer to process through action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"
> 
> The end-user usability is most effective if they can:
> * submit the request form
> * have the data processed
> * and have the form reload...so they can submit another request if necessary.
> 
> I may have no choice but to do it in 2 steps. 1)submit and redirect to 
> acknowledgement page; 2)and then redirect/link back to clean form.
> 
> I'm still curious about what causes the browser to resubmit the form data if 
> you refresh the form page after submitting. Can't you flush the previous header 
> info. I've tried resetting the form variables... and even changing HTTP status.
> 
> If anyone knows of any concise HTTP header references/explanations, I'd 
> appreciate the guidance.
> 
> Thanks again for suggestions.
> Regards and happy holidays!
> Scott Protchko
> tech at protchkocreative.com
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