Pre-populate field using url

[Krusher]

Folks,
I've seen this done before, but am not sure what the code looks like. I'd like to pre-populate an input text field on a form with data passed from the url. For example: I have a field called "name", and I'd like to populate the "name" field with the data "JohnSmith" by using the following url:

http://thenameofmywebserver/myform.asp?name=JohnSmith

Any help on doing this would be greatly appreciated!

-K

 

[vacunita]

That is generally done using some kind of programming language. Be it client Side. i.e Javascript, or Server Side, i.e. PHP, ASP etc...

Depending on the language you are using in your webpages is the code you are going to get.

Of course you could also browse the appropriate forums and ee if they have something that might solve your problem easily.

Javascript: forum216
PHP: forum434

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I would advise against doing this client-side, unless you know your target audience will not have disabled JavaScript. Do this server-side if you can... your client-side code will be ultimately smaller and more portable if you do.

Hope this helps,
Dan


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