What are some best practices for handling form submissions in PHP to avoid conflicts like the one described in the forum thread?

Issue: The conflict described in the forum thread likely arises from multiple form submissions being processed simultaneously, leading to unexpected behavior such as duplicate entries or incorrect data being stored in the database. To avoid this, one can implement a token-based form submission handling system that ensures each form submission is unique and processed sequentially. Code snippet: 

<?php

session_start();

// Generate a unique token for the form submission
$token = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
$_SESSION['form_token'] = $token;

// Check if the form token matches the session token
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST' && isset($_POST['form_token']) && $_POST['form_token'] === $_SESSION['form_token']) {
    // Process the form submission
    // Add your form processing logic here

    // Unset the form token to prevent duplicate submissions
    unset($_SESSION['form_token']);
}
?>

<form method="post" action="">
    <input type="hidden" name="form_token" value="<?php echo $token; ?>">
    <!-- Add your form fields here -->
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

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