Clear the form field after successful submission of php form

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I am making a simple Form the problem i am facing is when i submit the form values still remains in the field  and I want to clear it after SUCCESSFUL submission  Please help   here is my code for the form     lt label class  w  gt Plan   lt  label gt   lt select autofocus    name  plan  required  required  gt       lt option value    gt Select One lt  option gt       lt option value  FREE Account  gt FREE Account lt  option gt       lt option value  Premium Account Monthly  gt Premium Account Monthly lt  option gt       lt option value  Premium Account Yearly  gt Premium Account Yearly lt  option gt   lt  select gt   lt br gt   lt label class  w  gt First Name   lt  label gt  lt input name  firstname  type  text  placeholder  First Name  required  required  value   lt  php echo   POST  firstname     gt   gt  lt br gt   lt label class  w  gt Last Name   lt  label gt  lt input name  lastname  type  text  placeholder  Last Name  required  required  value   lt  php echo   POST  lastname     gt   gt  lt br gt   lt label class  w  gt E-mail ID   lt  label gt  lt input name  email  type  email  placeholder  Enter Email  required  required  value   lt  php echo   POST  email     gt   gt  lt br gt   lt label class  w  gt Password   lt  label gt  lt input name  password  type  password  placeholder            required  required  value   lt  php echo   POST  password     gt   gt  lt br gt   lt label class  w  gt Re-Enter Password   lt  label gt  lt input name  confirmpassword  type  password  placeholder            required  required  value   lt  php echo   POST  confirmpassword     gt   gt  lt br gt   lt label class  w  gt Street Address 1   lt  label gt  lt input name  strtadd1  type  text  placeholder  street address first  required  required  value   lt  php echo   POST  strtadd1     gt   gt  lt br gt   lt label class  w  gt Street Address 2   lt  label gt  lt input name  strtadd2  type  text  placeholder  street address second   value   lt  php echo   POST  strtadd2     gt   gt  lt br gt   lt label class  w  gt City   lt  label gt  lt input name  city  type  text  placeholder  City  required  required  value   lt  php echo   POST  firstname     gt   gt  lt br gt   lt label class  w  gt Country   lt  label gt  lt select autofocus    id  a1 txtBox1  name  country  required  required  placeholder  select one  value   lt  php echo   POST  country     gt   gt    Any help would be appriciated

User · Accepted Answer

They remain in the fields because you are explicitly telling PHP to fill the form with the submitted data.

<input name="firstname" type="text" placeholder="First Name" required="required" 
value="<?php echo $_POST['firstname'];?>">
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ HERE

Just remove this, or if you want a condition to not do so make a if statement to that echo or just cleanup the $_POST fields.

$_POST = array(); // lets pretend nothing was posted

Or, if successful, redirect the user to another page:

header("Location: success.html");
exit; // Location header is set, pointless to send HTML, stop the script

Which by the way is the prefered method. If you keep the user in a page that was reached through a POST method, if he refreshes the page the form will be submitted again.

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