How to stop submit being shown in the address bar? - php

Question

How do i stop the submit being shown in the search bar? am i doing something wrong? if i use post method it works fine, but recently i've tried using the get method and it prints both submit and the textbox text in the bar, i tried removing the name="submit" and it didn't do anything when i clicked it. SO how do i stop submit being shown in the address bar?
at the moment it give me $submit=submit, :(
ty all.
<form action="" method="get">
<input type="text" name="website" placeholder="Website Name">
<input type="submit" name="submit">
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_GET['submit']))
{
if(!empty($_GET['website']))
{
//do stuffs here
}
else
{
//else echo out that nothing was entered.
echo "nothing entered";
}
}
?>

Answer 1

Just use:
!empty($_GET)
In your first if statement
So your code should look something like this:
<form action="" method="get">
<input type="text" name="website" placeholder="Website Name">
<input type="submit">
</form>
<?php
if(!empty($_GET)) {
if(!empty($_GET['website'])) {
//do stuffs here
} else {
//else echo out that nothing was entered.
echo "nothing entered";
}
}
?>

Answer 2

To remove the variables from the URL bar, you need to use the POST method instead of the GET method.
So, this form code should work for you:
<form action="" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="website" placeholder="Website Name">
<input type="submit" name="submit">
</form>
You'll also need to alter your PHP code to use $_POST instead of $_GET.
The downside to this is that it won't show the submitted website in the URL bar, meaning users can't bookmark a submitted form. However, this may also be intended.
Alternative Solution
You can remove the name from the submit, and use isset($_GET) to test whether the form was submitted instead.
Here is an example of how this could be done:
<form action="" method="get">
<input type="text" name="website" placeholder="Website Name">
<input type="submit">
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_GET) && count($_GET) > 0) {
if(!empty($_GET['website']))
{
//do stuffs here
} else {
//else echo out that nothing was entered.
echo "nothing entered";
}
}
?>