Understanding the "post/redirect/get" pattern

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whatdafrak picture whatdafrak · May 31, 2012 · Viewed 39.7k times · Source

I am having a very hard time understanding the exact process of "post/redirect/get".

I have combed through this site and the web for several hours and cannot find anything other than "here's the concept".

How to understand the post/redirect/get pattern?

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MasterMastic picture MasterMastic · Jan 30, 2013

Wikipedia explains this so well!

The Problem

The Problem

The Solution

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