Re; [UPHPU] Posting a form

Jon Jensen jon at jenseng.com
Thu Feb 24 10:36:30 MST 2005


> Some interesting thoughts:
> 
> After implementing Jonathan's suggestion of testing for 
> $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'], it is obvious that pressing enter 
> causes the form to post.  Or in other words, pressing enter 
> causes the action attribute on the form to be processed.  I 
> experimented and took off the submit button.  Pressing enter 
> STILL WORKS!  I did not think that was possible.  I wonder if 
> the PHP processing has something to do with it?
> 
> Scott Hill

Nope, that simply has to do with the browser. In all modern browsers,
hitting enter in a form will submit it one way or another, regardless of the
presence of a submit button. It doesn't have anything to do with PHP or
anything on the server.

Jon




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