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Ross Taylor
Ross Taylor

Reputation: 109

Passing values in form Box

I got some values from a previous PHP file

EX:

<?php
$value = $_GET['title'];
$value1 = $_GET['name']; 
$value2 = $_GET['age']; 
$value3 = $_GET['institution'];
?>

Now i have a form field like following

<body>
<form action="pare.php" method="post">  
<label>Title:</label>
<input type="text" name="title" size="50"/><br/>     
<label>Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" size="50"/><br/> 
 <label>age:</label> 
 <input type="text" name="age" size="50"/> <br/>
 <label>Institution:</label> 
<select name="institution">
<option value="">-- Select --</option>
<option value="abc">abc</option> 
</select><br/>
<label></label>
<input type="submit" value="submit" /><br/>
</form>
</body>

Now what i want to do is display the values in a PHP file($value,$value1...)in their respective form field boxes.

If the user wants to edit those values($value,$value1...) he must be able to edit and submit those values.

how can i do this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 131

Answers (5)

Jayanath
Jayanath

Reputation: 220

<?php $htmlvalue= htmlspecialchars($_GET['title']); ?>

before the textbox element

<input type="text" name="title" size="50" value="<?php echo htmlvalue; ?>"/>

Upvotes: 0

maccard
maccard

Reputation: 1258

Use the same form, except add a value attribute.

for instance

<input type="text" name="title" size="50" value="<?php echo($value); ?>"/>

Upvotes: -1

Robert
Robert

Reputation: 8767

I assume you are wanting to replace the null value attribute with the value obtained from your PHP code. In that event, you will want to simply add the value attribute and set it to the desired PHP variable:

<input type="text" name="name" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_GET['nameVar']); ?>">

Upvotes: 1

Jeff Lambert
Jeff Lambert

Reputation: 24661

I think I understand your question correctly, and if I do why not just set the value attribute on your inputs?

<input type = 'text' name = 'name' size = '50' value = '<?php echo(htmlspecialchars($_GET['name'])); ?>'>

?

Upvotes: 0

Marc B
Marc B

Reputation: 360702

<input type="text" name="title" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_GET['title']) ?> />

note the use of htmlspecialchars. It prevents any HTML metacharacters (" in particular) within the data from 'breaking' your form - e.g... it prevents HTML injection attacks.

Upvotes: 2

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