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Richard de Ree
Richard de Ree

Reputation: 2540

How to populate an html input field from url

I thought a html input field could be populated with an url by using ?fieldname=value behind the base url But I am stuck with this all morning now.

this is the part of my html

                <tr class="pure-table-odd">
                <td><label for="name">Naam</label></td>
                <td><input type="text" name="name" value="" required  id="name" title=""></td>
            </tr>

When i make a link with the following url the field still stays empty. Any suggestion?

http://83.163.140.140//web2016/spa_wellness_arrangementen/vriendinnendag_wellness_arrangement.html?name=test

ps Actually I need to check a checkbox. But I thought to try something more 'easy' first

Upvotes: 0

Views: 164

Answers (1)

junkfoodjunkie
junkfoodjunkie

Reputation: 3178

You can't use URL-parameters like that. You will need to either process the request server-side (via PHP or similar), or via javascript. However, processing things like this opens up a lot of other potential security holes, so you should know what you're doing.

In PHP, this would be something like:

<?php
echo '<tr class="pure-table-odd">
        <td><label for="name">Naam</label></td>
        <td>';
if ($_GET['parameter']) { //checks if "parameter" exists in the URL string
  $var = $_GET['parameter'];
  echo '<input type="text" name="name" value="'.$var.'" required  id="name" title="">';
}
echo '</td></tr>';

?>

Upvotes: 1

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