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Glenn Von
Glenn Von

Reputation: 37

textbox in php value not outputting spaces

I have a textbox in HTML that I need to set its value. Upon loading the modal (twitterbootstrap) the textbox should have its predefined value.

I'm having trouble in outputting the value from php.

I have this code:

<input class="form-control" type="text"  
name="inputBirthdate" id="datepicker" 
value=<?php echo $displayBdate; ?> required>
                        </div>
                        </div>

                        <script src="pikaday.js"></script>
                        <script>
                            var picker = new Pikaday(
                            {
                                field: document.getElementById('datepicker'),
                                firstDay: 1,
                                minDate: new Date('1980-01-01'),
                                maxDate: new Date('2020-12-31'),
                                yearRange: [1980,2020]
                            });
                        </script>

The variable $displayBdate has the value string: "Sat Oct 18 2014". When I try checking the value of that variable by using the die($displayBdate), it outputs exactly as "Sat Oct 18 2014".

Now, what I'm getting really is only "Sat". Also, when I try value=<?php echo 'WAT DA F'; ?> the textbox has only "WAT". It means the error starts from the first space. help

Upvotes: 1

Views: 150

Answers (1)

benomatis
benomatis

Reputation: 5643

You need to wrap the PHP value inside quotation marks.

Change this...

<input class="form-control" type="text"
name="inputBirthdate" id="datepicker"
value=<?php echo $displayBdate; ?> required>

...into this...

<input class="form-control" type="text"
name="inputBirthdate" id="datepicker"
value="<?php echo $displayBdate; ?>" required>

Upvotes: 2

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