form issue

[byleth]

Hi,

I have a simple form that upon clicking on a submit button reverts to the same page.

The form has a text box and some chekboxes.

Is there a way to keep the text in the textbox and the checkboxes that were selected, on the page (wich is the same) after submitting the form?

thanks...

 

[netcomander]

sure there is ...


<input type="text" name="text_field_name" value="<?php echo $text_field_name; ?>">
<input type="checkbox" name="cb_name" value="2"<?php echo (($cb_name==2)?' checked':''); ?>>

hope this helps

 

[DRJ478]

Caveat:

The example that netcomander gives is based on the assumption that register_globals is ON. However, for some time now (I think 4.1.0) register_globals is OFF by default. Read in the PHP manual why:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.globals.php

So, you need (and should) use either $_GET['text_field_name'] or $_POST[...] or $_REQUEST[...].