stop resending data when click refresh

I have a contact form that send goes tru this validation page if everything corrct this php page will echo the form sumited succefully but the problem is evrytime the user clicks submit the data gets resend how can i stop the user frm doing that

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 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Sendemail Script</title>

</head>

<body>
 
<!-- Reminder: Add the link for the 'next page' (at the bottom) -->

<!-- Reminder: Change 'YourEmail' to Your real email -->
 
<?php
 
$ip = $_POST['ip'];

$httpref = $_POST['httpref'];

$httpagent = $_POST['httpagent'];

$visitor = $_POST['visitor'];

$visitormail = $_POST['visitormail'];

$notes = $_POST['notes'];

$attn = $_POST['attn'];
 
if (eregi('http:', $notes)) {

die ("Do NOT try that! ! ");

}

if(!$visitormail == "" && (!strstr($visitormail,"@") || !strstr($visitormail,".")))

{

echo "<h2>Use Back - Enter valid e-mail</h2>\n";

$badinput = "<h2>Feedback was NOT submitted</h2>\n";

echo $badinput;

die ("Go back! ! ");

}
 
if(empty($visitor) || empty($visitormail) || empty($notes )) {

echo "<h2>Use Back - fill in all fields</h2>\n";

die ("Use back! ! ");
 
}
 
$todayis = date("l, F j, Y, g:i a") ;
 
$attn = $attn ;

$subject = $attn;
 
$notes = stripcslashes($notes);
 
$message = " $todayis [EST] \n

Attention: $attn \n

Message: $notes \n

From: $visitor ($visitormail)\n

Additional Info : IP = $ip \n

Browser Info: $httpagent \n

Referral : $httpref \n

";
 
$from = "From: $visitormail\r\n";
 
mail("youremail@yahoo.co.uk", $subject, $message, $from);
 
?>
 
<p align="center">

Date: <?php echo $todayis ?>

<br />

Thank You : <?php echo $visitor ?> ( <?php echo $visitormail ?> )

<br />
 
Attention: <?php echo $attn ?>

<br />

Message:<br />

<?php $notesout = str_replace("\r", "<br/>", $notes);

echo $notesout; ?>

<br />

<?php echo $ip ?>
 
<br /><br />

<a href="contact.php"> Next Page </a>

</p>
 
</body>

</html>

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I don't see your submit button on the page above, which I think is your result page.

Can't you just hide the submit form? or just forward to a different page?

Is that what you're asking?

dan

May 14 '10 #2

lisa007

that was just the php validation the actual form is on a different page which is this one basicaly this is the form and the other is the validation php wich include the email.

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 !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Email Form </title>

</head>

<body>
 
<form method="post" action="sendeail.php">
 
<!-- DO NOT change ANY of the php sections -->

<?php

$ipi = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");

$httprefi = getenv ("HTTP_REFERER");

$httpagenti = getenv ("HTTP_USER_AGENT");

?>
 
<input type="hidden" name="ip" value="<?php echo $ipi ?>" />

<input type="hidden" name="httpref" value="<?php echo $httprefi ?>" />

<input type="hidden" name="httpagent" value="<?php echo $httpagenti ?>" />
 
Your Name: <br />

<input type="text" name="visitor" size="35" />

<br />

Your Email:<br />

<input type="text" name="visitormail" size="35" />

<br /> <br />

<br />

Attention:<br />

<select name="attn" size="1">

<option value=" Sales n Billing ">Sales n Billing </option>

<option value=" General Support ">General Support </option>

<option value=" Technical Support ">Technical Support </option>

<option value=" Webmaster ">Webmaster </option>

</select>

<br /><br />

Mail Message:

<br />

<textarea name="notes" rows="4" cols="40"></textarea>

<br />

<input type="submit" value="Send Mail" />

<br />

</form>
 
</body>

</html>

May 14 '10 #3

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