Is this a common thing? issue with "<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>"

[xwishmasterx]

Hello

 

I have a from that updates a few things in the db, and uses "<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>".

 

The form does update everything fine, however that page does not reflect it. If I refresh the page manually

I can see the new values.

 

Is this a common thing, and can anything be done to fix this?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

That symptom generally indicates that the order of your logic on the page is backwards. Your code on the page is likely retrieving the data before you are updating/altering the data, so you get the initial data values displayed, not the updated ones.

 

BTW, $PHP_SELF was depreciated and turned off by default 10 years ago, throws a depreciated error when turned on starting in php5.3 (where the depreciated errors were introduced), and has been completely removed in php5.4. You would use $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] or more simply leave the action='' attribute blank to submit to the same page.

[xwishmasterx]

ofcourse, that makes perfect sense...as I update db after retrieving the current values..thanks a bunch.

PS. thanks for letting me know that "$PHP_SELF was depreciated and turned off by default 10 years ago", maybe I should start paying attention to post dates when using tutorials:)