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H Bellamy
H Bellamy

Reputation: 22715

Insert value into a text box which is inside an echo statement

I have this code basis:

echo '<input required  type = "text" name = "subject1" value="XXX" />';

However, I would like XXX to be a variable, I have searched this online, but all the things that one of the discussions says is to do this:

value=\"$firstName\"

or 

value='$firstName'

I have tried both of these, but they don't work, and I was hoping that someone could help me with this problem, basically, what I want is to be able to asign the value of a text edit to a variable in php, but when the text edit itself, is embedded in an echo, nothing seems to work.

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 19534

Answers (3)

Billy Moon
Billy Moon

Reputation: 58601

I think the problem is you are using single quotes, so variables are not rendered automatically... you can concat with . like this:

echo 'some text' . $variable . 'some more text';

Upvotes: 3

rogerlsmith
rogerlsmith

Reputation: 6786

echo '<input required type="text" name = "subject1 value="<?php echo $value; ?>" />';

acutally you don't need the php echo .... stuff.... /* brain not engaged */

Upvotes: 1

Steve Adams
Steve Adams

Reputation: 2837

Concatenation is a pretty easy way to go about this:

echo '<input required  type = "text" name = "subject1" value="' . $foo . '" />'

edit: Those spaces around the concatenation .'s (. $foo .) aren't required - I just add them fore readability.

Upvotes: 4

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