How can I avoid taking users to www.website.com/filename.php after they submit a form?

Question

I was wondering if anyone knows how to automatically refresh a webpage after clicking on a form submit button rather than being taken to a .php page?

Here's my html:

<p>
<form action='action.php' method='post'>
<textarea name='message' rows='3' cols='30'>
</textarea><br><br>
<input type='SUBMIT' value='Submit' />  
</p>

Here's my php:

<?php 
$message = $_POST['message']; 
mail("name@website.com","", $message)
?>

Any help much appreciated,

Guy Brown

Answer 1

If you want you can do it in same file where form is located like this (if form is located in action.php or change action.php to php self as suggested):

<p>
  <form action='<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>' method='post'>
    <textarea name='message' rows='3' cols='30'>
    </textarea><br><br>
    <input type='SUBMIT' value='Submit' />  
  </form>
</p>
<?php 
if(isset($_POST['message'])) {
  $message = $_POST['message']; 
  mail("name@website.com","", $message)
}
?>