[thelist] Web site add on software
R.Livsey
R.Livsey at cache-22.co.uk
Thu Jan 10 10:23:25 CST 2002
> <tip type="server-side elegance">
>
> A few developers I know tend to multiply server-side pages
> (like a submit form, say in submit.php, then a verification
> form, say verif.php) and then have to maintain several
> instances of the same code (in my example, the same form,
> before and after being filled).
>
> Always try to use the same file with methods to manipulate
> the data, like so
> :
> submit.php submits data to submit.php?op=verify
> and so on.
>
> </tip>
Free tip
<tip type="server-side elegance" language="php">
When you want a PHP page to submit a form to itself, instead of using
the file name in the action field, use $PHP_SELF.
This means that if you change the filename in the future, everything
still works without having to touch a line of code!
</tip>
R.Livsey
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