Salve

Non riesco a capire a cosa serve $_request["seen_already"]


Codice PHP:
<?php
            $errors 
= array();
            if(isset(
$_REQUEST["seen_already"])){
                
validate_data();
                if(
count($errors) != 0){
                    
display_errors();
                    
display_welcome();
                } 
                else {
                    
process_data();
                }
            } 
            else {
                
display_welcome();
            }
            function 
validate_data()
            {
                global 
$errors;
                if(
$_REQUEST["FirstName"] == "") {
                    
$errors[] = "<FONT COLOR='RED'>Please enter your first name</FONT>";
                }
                if(
$_REQUEST["LastName"] == "") {
                    
$errors[] = "<FONT COLOR='RED'>Please enter your last name</FONT>";
                }
            }
            function 
display_errors()
            {
                global 
$errors;
                foreach (
$errors as $err){
                    echo 
$err"
"
;
                }
            }

            function 
process_data()
            {
                echo 
"Your first name is ";
                echo 
$_REQUEST["FirstName"];
                echo 
"
Your last name is "
;
                echo 
$_REQUEST["LastName"];
            }

            function 
display_welcome()
            {
                
$first_name = isset($_REQUEST["FirstName"]) ? $_REQUEST["FirstName"] : "";
                
$last_name = isset($_REQUEST["LastName"]) ? $_REQUEST["LastName"] : "";
                echo 
"<FORM METHOD='POST' ACTION='index.php'>";
                echo 
"What's your first name?";
                echo 
"<INPUT NAME='FirstName' TYPE='TEXT' VALUE='"$first_name"'>";
                echo 
"
"
;
                echo 
"What's your last name?";
                echo 
"<INPUT NAME='LastName' TYPE='TEXT' VALUE='"$last_name"'>";
                echo 
"
"
;
                echo 
"<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE=Submit>";
                echo 
"<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME='seen_already' VALUE='hidden_data'>";
                echo 
"</FORM>";
            }
        
?>