PHP die() function

[AusQB]

I'm starting to work with sessions and cookies, typical login stuff.

I have a register form page, which is recursively called by the form.

ie.

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">

The code that runs if the form has been submitted does a number of checks, each one performing a die() operation if the check fails. Since I didn't want this appearing on a new page, I simply included the form before the die() function.

This achieves what I want, as the error message is displayed below the form (somewhat emulating a JQuery approach) but any PHP scripts after that point are ignored, which is concerning because I have a footer include at the bottom of each page, which now isn't being called.


Is there a way around this, or should I switch to JQuery completely?

 

[Lonny Earl]

If you are using auto append file on your php.ini, be carefull on using die anywhere you want your appended file to be called. Souds obvious now but took me a good 1 hour to realise why one script was not appending end file as expected. I solved using `return` instead; it works anywhere not just inside functions and the effect is pretty much the same as die.

 

[codeguardian]

How

Just put the check in function then just print the error and return.