php form retaining values on back button

Question

I have a small form which retains the form fields when the form is submitted

  <input name="name" type="text" placeholder="Your Name" value="<?php print $_POST['name']; ?>" />

The problem is that when the user hits the back button the values are retained.

Is there a way to clear the post variable and if not what is the best way to clear the fields ($name == '', $name == null)

Thanks

Why are you giving the input a value and a placeholder? By assigning a value, you'll never see the placeholder... — War10ck, May 20 '13 at 14:06
I think you are looking for this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2530/how-do-you-disable-browser-autocomplete-on-web-form-field-input-tag — crackmigg, May 20 '13 at 14:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '13 at 14:17

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Use autocomplete="off" to disable the browser from populating the form input.

answered May 20 '13 at 14:17

Michael Valentino

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