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I know this is a stupid question that I should know the answer to. I am trying to set the form on my site to take the user to a page that says "Thank you for your comments." The only problem is that I can only make it submit the form or go to the page, I can't make it do both. Could someone please tell me how to fix this?

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As noted, the element that controls where the browser goes after you click submit is the form action. The usual, reliable way to both process data and show a "Thank you" page is to point action at a server-side processor that handles the POST and then redirects the browser to the thank-you page (the Post/Redirect/Get pattern). That preserves the submitted data, avoids double-posts on refresh, and gives the user a clean thank-you page. See Post/Redirect/Get for the pattern.

Example workflow (simple and robust): the HTML form posts to a processor; the processor validates/saves the input, then sends an HTTP redirect to the static thank-you page. Example processor behaviour (PHP):

<form method="post" action="/process-form.php">
  <input name="name" required>
  <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>
<?php
// process-form.php
// validate and handle $_POST here
header('Location: /thank-you.html', true, 303);
exit;
?>

If a single-page UX is preferred, submit via AJAX/fetch and then replace the form with a thank-you message or navigate to the thank-you URL. Keep the server-side endpoint working as a fallback so users without JavaScript still submit successfully.

Common pitfalls and quick troubleshooting: if you set action directly to the thank-you HTML you will not process or save the form data. When using server redirects, send headers before any output (see PHP header() docs at https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php). Use browser devtools Network tab to confirm the POST, the server response, and the redirect status (303/302). This resolves the "submit OR go to page" problem that described.

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Set the form action inthe submitting page to the "thank you" page. :)

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Thank you

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