Can I reset the value of $_POST["submit"]

[chuckylefrek]

I have a page that uses jquery tabs and on one of these tabs I have a simple enquiry form. Anyway after the form is submitted, it no longer displays if I go to another tab and then back again.

<div id="tab_3">

<h2>Enquiry Form</h2>

<?php

if (!$_POST["submit"] or count($arrErrors) > 0 or $errors == 1) { 

?>


<form id="enquiry" method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>">

Hence I am wondering if I can reset the value of $_POST["submit"] so the the form will display again?

[Jake Arkinstall]

Surely it make more sense to rid of that clause in the if statement?

Anyway:

unset($_POST['submit']); 

[chuckylefrek]

Hey thanks Jake.

If I get rid of the clause in the if statement, then the form is displayed after submission. I have the if clause so after submitting the form, the user gets a "Thank you for contacting blah" message. I suppose I could display the form under the thank you message but thought it may be clearer if the form isn't displayed after submission.

I have just tried the unset command and it seems to take me back to the first tab for some reason rather than staying on tab 3 where the enquiry form resides. Hmm???

[Jake Arkinstall]

it may be clearer if the form isn't displayed after submission.

Then why do you want to display it again then?

One option would be to display the message and, using JQuery, fade that message out and fade in the form again.

[chuckylefrek]

I wanted to display the form again if the user navigates using the tabs then returns to this enquiry form tab.

I have realised now that after submitting, it seems to display the contents of tab 1 anyway so another hurdle to overcome. Weird as I am sure it was remaining on tab3 earlier after submitting the form.

Would prefer not to go with the fade out option due to the risk of a user missing the message and then not knowing if their form had been submitted or not

Cheers

Paul

[chuckylefrek]

I have opted just to keep the form onscreen at all times but have worked out how to use jquery to hide the confirmation message if I click on a different tab then come back again by putting the confirmation text into a div called "confirmation"

$('#tabs').bind('tabsselect', function(event, ui) {
	
	 if (ui.panel.id == "tab_3") {      

		$('#confirmation').html("");  
		

    	}
    
});

Probably not the best solution but at least it works

[felgall]

Naming a button "submit" can cause clashed in some browsers with JavaScript as the browser will then assume that a submit call refers to the button instead of the submit function and those browsers (eg. IE) will then be unable to submit the form at all from within JavaScript.

It is best to not give submit buttons a name at all (unless you have multiple submit buttons and need to tell which was used based on the value passed).