input box retains data after reload

[niche]

Why does my input box retain data when I reload the page?

[thescientist]

is the page submitting to itself? could you show us whats going on?

[niche]

Here's the script for the search input:

<div style="margin-left:60px;">  <div><form action="search2.php" method="post" >  <input type="text" name="search" value="Keyword or Item #"/><br />  <select size="1" type="text" name="kind" >    <option>Everything</option>     <option>Business</option>    <option>Category</option>  </select><br />  <input type="submit" id="mysubmitbut"  />  </form></div></div>

[thescientist]

so, is search2.php a different page then the one the form is on? If it's a different page, then I'm not sure what the problem is without seeing more.

[niche]

Here's search2.php:

<?phpecho var_dump($_POST);$search = $_POST['search'];echo $search;?>

It's just a placeholder right now.I expected my search script to display the value of the input box (Keyword or Item #) each time I pressed the page reload/refresh button on my browser. Except, what ever I typed in that box remains and I don't know why.

[music_lp90]

After submitting the form, do you mean the data is still there after hitting back on the browser or are you going back and then hitting refresh and it still stays after hitting refresh?

[niche]

its still there after i hit back and then refresh/reload.

[Ingolme]

That's a browser feature. Some browsers do that in case a user accidentally clicked a link and wants to hit back, or if they accidentally reloaded the page.

[niche]

Thanks to thescientist, music_lp90, and Ingolme.