[SOLVED] Shoutbox repeating entries

Every time you refresh you're submitting that shout again.  It's not a bug, it's how it's written.

Oh i see how that works now, if you havent gone anywere esle, it is like you are still in the shoutbox.

That woudl explain why some of my entries get repeated endlessly and some didnt.

thanks tammy

There are standard methods to solve this.

A cookie

<?php
# After posting:
setcookie('flood_protection', '1', time()+30);
# Then check, on post:
if(isset($_COOKIE['flood_protection'])) {
       print "Stop flooding!";
}
?>

and javascript

var formSubmitted = false;

function toValidateAndSubmitForm(){
if (formSubmitted){
   alert('You can only submit the form once, please be patient')
   return false;
}

else{
   formSubmitted = true;
   //code here to validate and submit the form
   return true;
   }

}

<form onsubmit="return toValidateAndSubmitForm()">

The basic idea is to set a variable in global scope. When the form is
submitted, the first time, change the variables value. If its been submitted
already, do not submit it again.

You can also disable the submit button after a post, but that will not address the refresh. A redirect out of the shoutbox is probably best, although with my setup it wouldn't work that easily. I have it on every page.

Where do I install the cookie and the javascript and what do you mean with "//code here to validate and submit the form"

I'm sorry, I'm a complete efiction-newbie with no knowledge about javascript,cookies and whatsoever.

I assume that means the efiction.org code this modifies. I'm not completely sure what to do either, so for now I just delete extra entries