Form Value= Please Help 1

[chuckbridges]

I have a form (like who doesnt) And way Id like to
place some of my PHP variables like $user etc... into
the form as it is modifying a selected user...

How can I make the value= in an html form be equal to the
variable ?


Thanks

Chuck

 

[Vragabond]

Where are you getting the variable from? This is a simple html question. Being, whatever is put into the value attribute of the input field will appear in it as the prefilled value when the form loads. So, for instance:

$user = "chuckbridges";
echo '<input type="text" name="username" value="' . $user . '" />';

will print out a text box filled with chuckbridges. Now, only thing you have to determine is where does the value for $user come from.

 

[Olavxxx]

Some times, you do not want to display the variables to the user. This is why you have the <input type="hidden" />

eg. You can do as such:

<form action="?foo=bar">
 <input type="hidden" name="userid" value="<?=$userid?>" />
 <input type="text" name="username" value="<?=$username?>" />
 <textarea name="information" cols="20" rows="15">
  <?=$information?>
 </textarea>
 <input type="submit" value="Edit" name="action" />
</form>

Just make sure that the name equals the variable-name, as then when submitted, that variable will be filled with the value of the input which has that name.

Olav Alexander Mjelde

http://www.volvo-power.net

Admin & Webmaster

 

[chuckbridges]

Thanks... Cool