NYCPHP Meetup

[Michael Myers]

I discovered that this form resetting happens only when the file 
extension is omitted from the URL (.php or .html). Perhaps the behavior 
can be controlled with an Apache setting...

On Jul 28, 2004, at 12:51 PM, Michael Myers wrote:

> I'm truly embarrased to ask this question, but other avenues have not 
> provided a solution. I don't know if the problem is in my HTML, the 
> browser configuration, or Apache.
>
> I have a very basic web form that takes in some values that are used 
> in a subsequent database query. After submitting, if the user elects 
> to back up in the browser cache in order to make a few changes on 
> original form and then re-submit, he/she finds that the entire form 
> has been reset. This only happens with MSIE (version 6.0.28) on 
> Windows XP. When I use Safari on MacOSX, the form retains the 
> previously entered values when I back up to it in the browser cache. 
> (Of course, forms on *other* web pages retain their values, even with 
> MSIE on Windows).
>
> I tried setting an "Expires:" header on the page containing the form 
> using the header() function, but this had no impact.
>
> I thought it was usually the case that people have trouble 
> *eliminating* caching!
>
> Server Specs:
> MacOS 10.3.8
> built-in Apache 1.3.29
> PHP 4.3.4
> MySQL 4.1.3-beta