I want to have a print out to the screen saying that a user has already filled out this form (if they have).?

Question

I need to design a cookie that notifies the user if they have already filled out a webpage form. I have already designed a page that thanks the user for making contact when the user clicks on the "submit" button, but I am having difficulty with the function and where to put it.

Here's what I have (assume that the appropriate body, form, and closing tags are in place):






At this point it goes into the form and the web page design. I still can't get the cookie to work. What am I doing wrong? Everything else works, but the part about the cookies at the top.

Answer 1

IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT (...and I'm sort of dense...) Possibility (how 'bout this?)

On submitting the form, store a cookie, containing the date and time...)



where some_routine checks for the cookie and gripes before even allowing the form to be visible, doing a document.location= some other page if the viewer has already filled out the form