Form POST and GET at the same time?

Question

I am trying to add an entry to a database so the form has to
be set to POST.
But I would also like to have the code from the form added to
the URL so I can use this in the next page, but I would need to
have a GET action in the form for this...
How can I do both at once?
I have done a work around by adding a time stamp on the new
entry, then the next page just finds the most recent addition - it
works but its a bit clunky.
Any better alternatives?

Answer 1

Thank you for all your efforts, but the problem for me is
that there are so many possibilities of what to do I would never be
able to get it right. Its like being given the ingredients for a
soufflé but not the method. It would take a heck of a lot of
guesses to find something that was like a soufflé.
Below is the PHP for the page, I assume you mean to put the
< mysql_insert_id() > somewhere amongst the part where it
says this:
$insertGoTo = "AdminProductNewCheck.php";
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
$insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
$insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
But I still have no idea EXACLY where to put it. Nor how to
actually insert it, as the script you have sent refers to "kossu"
???? and printf ???? is this the same as echo?
I am beginning to think there is nothing wrong with how it is
set up now!
<?php
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType,
$theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
$theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue)
: $theValue;
$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ?
mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) :
mysql_escape_string($theValue);
switch ($theType) {
case "text":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" :
"NULL";
break;
case "long":
case "int":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
break;
case "double":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) .
"'" : "NULL";
break;
case "date":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" :
"NULL";
break;
case "defined":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue :
$theNotDefinedValue;
break;
return $theValue;
$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
$editFormAction .= "?" .
htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) &&
($_POST["MM_insert"] == "updateForm")) {
$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO products (`Department`,
`Section`, `Show`, `Code`, `ShowOrder`, `Name`, `Description`,
`Dimensions1`, `Dimensions2`, `Dimensions3`, `Dimensions4`,
`Dimensions5`, `Dimensions6`, `Price`, `Note`) VALUES (%s, %s, %s,
%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Department'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Section'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Show'], "int"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Code'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['ShowOrder'], "int"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Name'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Description'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Dimensions1'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Dimensions2'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Dimensions3'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Dimensions4'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Dimensions5'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Dimensions6'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Price'], "double"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['Note'], "text"));
mysql_select_db($database_chilstone_connection,
$chilstone_connection);
$Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $chilstone_connection) or
die(mysql_error());
$insertGoTo = "AdminProductNewCheck.php";
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
$insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
$insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType,
$theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
$theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue)
: $theValue;
$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ?
mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) :
mysql_escape_string($theValue);
switch ($theType) {
case "text":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" :
"NULL";
break;
case "long":
case "int":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
break;
case "double":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) .
"'" : "NULL";
break;
case "date":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" :
"NULL";
break;
case "defined":
$theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue :
$theNotDefinedValue;
break;
return $theValue;
$colname_ProductCode_RS = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['Code'])) {
$colname_ProductCode_RS = $_GET['Code'];
mysql_select_db($database_chilstone_connection,
$chilstone_connection);
$query_ProductCode_RS = sprintf("SELECT * FROM products WHERE
Code = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_ProductCode_RS, "text"));
$ProductCode_RS = mysql_query($query_ProductCode_RS,
$chilstone_connection) or die(mysql_error());
$row_ProductCode_RS = mysql_fetch_assoc($ProductCode_RS);
$totalRows_ProductCode_RS = mysql_num_rows($ProductCode_RS);
mysql_select_db($database_chilstone_connection,
$chilstone_connection);
$query_SectionHeadings_Recordset = "SELECT * FROM sections";
$SectionHeadings_Recordset =
mysql_query($query_SectionHeadings_Recordset,
$chilstone_connection) or die(mysql_error());
$row_SectionHeadings_Recordset =
mysql_fetch_assoc($SectionHeadings_Recordset);
$totalRows_SectionHeadings_Recordset =
mysql_num_rows($SectionHeadings_Recordset);
$currentPage = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];
$queryString_ProductCode_RS = "";
if (!empty($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
$params = explode("&", $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
$newParams = array();
foreach ($params as $param) {
if (stristr($param, "pageNum_ProductCode_RS") == false
stristr($param, "totalRows_ProductCode_RS") == false) {
array_push($newParams, $param);
if (count($newParams) != 0) {
$queryString_ProductCode_RS = "&" .
htmlentities(implode("&", $newParams));
$queryString_ProductCode_RS =
sprintf("&totalRows_ProductCode_RS=%d%s",
$totalRows_ProductCode_RS, $queryString_ProductCode_RS);
?>
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