PHP form - on submit stay on same page

Question

I have a PHP form that is located on file contact.html.

The form is processed from file processForm.php.

When a user fills out the

Answer 1

You have to use code similar to this:

echo "
";

if(isset($_POST['submit']))  // if form was submitted (if you came here with form data)
{
    echo "Success";
}
else                // if form was not submitted (if you came here without form data)
{
    echo "
 ... 
";
} 

echo "
";

Code with if like this is typical for many pages, however this is very simplified.

Normally, you have to validate some data in first "if" (check if form fields were not empty etc).

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