Refreshing is not allowed. PHP

[LOUDMOUTH]

I am looking for a code to stop someone from refreshing a page.

 

Its will display this:  "Refreshing is not allowed."

 

Anyone know the string?

[Mchl]

Not possible in PHP. Maybe in JavaScript

 

What's next? 'Closing browser not allowed'?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

You cannot control what someone does with their browser.

 

What problem are you having when someone refreshes a page? You will need to detect and prevent the problem in the server side code.

[Mikedean]

I'm guessing it's after someone has filled in a form (or something similar?)

 

Perhaps setting a session variable after submitting the form, checking if it's set and then deleting it at the end of the script you want to stop refreshing in?

 

Hope this helps!

[ToonMariner]

preventing default behaviour is a sure fire way to alienate users.  If your site is breaking because  of it then your application design is wrong.

 

if this is one of hose instances where your page is performing an action that would be repeated on refresh (like remove/adding a record to a database etc.) then you should use header('Location: ...'); after the database update to send the user to a page that can be refreshed and even hit back on that won't repeat the update..

[LOUDMOUTH]

It is possible in PHP. 

 

I am on a page right now and when I hit F5 it tells me

 

"Refreshing is not allowed."

"Back"

 

I want this on one of the pages on my game to prevent Refresh.

 

[LOUDMOUTH]

this was in the source code

 

<div class="g_text">	Refreshing is not allowed.<br><a href="/crime.php">Back</a></div>

[ToonMariner]

that is javascript and anyone caneasily turn javascript off

[ToonMariner]

if you can see it in the scource code of the page then its not php. php is long gone once the markup is served out to the browser

[LOUDMOUTH]

I figured it was echoing from a table in the database to stop a session or something along those lines.  I am no coder though, haha.

[LOUDMOUTH]

I guess this might be the answer

 

<script language="javascript">
function document.onkeydown()
{
if ( event.keyCode==116)
{
event.keyCode = 0;
event.cancelBubble = true;
return false;
}
}
</script>

[killah]

It's honeslty not hard at all.

 

Your Form:

 

<?php
session_start();
$rand = rand(1,99999);
$_SESSION['rfc'] = $rand;
echo '
<form action="process.php" method="post">
   <input type="hidden" name="rfc" value="'.$rand.'">
   <input type="text" name="text" value="SomeThing">
   <input type="submit" value="Process">
</form>';

 

Now process.php

 

<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_POST['rfc']))
{
   if($_SESSION['rfc'] != $_POST['rfc']) {
      echo 'Refreshing not allowed.';
   }
   else {
      echo 'Process the form.';
   }
   //Unset session['rfc'] so it can not be used again.
   unset($_SESSION['rfc']);
}

 

And viola, no more refreshing.