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Josh Woelfel
Josh Woelfel

Reputation: 1969

Saving Form Data

I've been having some issues with this. All I want to do is save whatever the user types into the text input when they click submit even on refresh of page.

I have already tried localStorage, but that won't work because I want it to work with any browser. As in I can save the data on chrome, and go to IE and see that the form input values are still the same.

I have tried sending the form data via action POST, but how can I get that to KEEP the data after refresh? Right now I have it so it sends the data to a new page (that looks exactly the same) and can post the saved values in the input, but it doesn't stay there on refresh.

I also tried something called "sisyphus" but I couldn't even get that to work even though I already have jQuery installed. I used the exact example someone gave me, so if anyone can tell me why that didn't work, this might be the best solution.

Please help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 484

Answers (4)

Ganesh RJ
Ganesh RJ

Reputation: 942

1.Store that value in session and retrieve and display it.
2.cookies

Upvotes: 1

Prasath K
Prasath K

Reputation: 5018

If you want it to be for IE8+,then you can do it using localStorage with proper doctype

<!DOCTYPE html>

Upvotes: 1

Malcolm Diggs
Malcolm Diggs

Reputation: 455

Since you want the data to persist across browsers/sessions, it sounds like you're going to need some kind of way to store that information, like a database or even a writeable file will do.

But secondly, you'll need a way to differentiate between users (some kind of login system), unless you want everyone who visits the form to see the inputs that the original person entered (like a google doc).

Upvotes: 1

errieman
errieman

Reputation: 1949

Start with using databases: http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/phpmysql/1

BEWARE: mysql_* functions in PHP are deprecated, use alternatives instead (you can find them on google)

I'm not sure if this is the answer to your question, your question was a bit unclear. I hope it helps!

Upvotes: 1

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