Post data and refresh page

Question

I have an edit-form page to edit my website posts. It uses post method to the same page. If the form is compiled correctly shows up a congrats message.

The p

Answer 1

The general outline of the PRG pattern is this:

if ( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST' )
{
     /// do your magic

     $_SESSION['error'] = "Thanks for your message!";

     // this should be the full URL per spec, but "/yourscript.php" will work
     $myurl = ...;

     header("Location: $myurl");
     header("HTTP/1.1 303 See Other");
     die("redirecting");
}

if ( isset($_SESSION['error']) )
{
     print "The result of your submission: ".$_SESSION['error'];
     unset($_SESSION['error']);
}