After conducting a test using an HTML form with the POST method, I encountered an unexpected outcome. The setup involved two HTML pages hosted on an Apache server (with PHP already installed): post.html and target.html. Below are the code snippets for these pages:
post.html (compliance with standard)
<div style="text-align: center">
<form method="POST" action="target.html">
<input type="text" name="testname" value="sometext" />
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
</div
and target.html:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Target page</h1>
</body>
</html>
Upon entering data in the form on the post.html page and clicking the submit button, I was directed to the target.html page. However, upon refreshing the target.html page, it initially displayed as blank. Only after a second refresh did it return to its normal state.
This behavior raised questions for me as I noticed that when using a PHP page (e.g., target.php) instead of an HTML file as the target, the content remained intact even after multiple refreshes. I would appreciate any insights or explanations regarding this issue. Thank you.