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ssand
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echo Value in form field

Post by ssand »

Hi,
I need a little help. I have a form field that I want to echo the value.

Right now I have this code and it's not working.

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<?php echo "value=\"".$_POST['fn']."\""; ?>
I added an echo statement just outside the form field for $_POST['fn'] and the contents are displayed no problem.

EDIT:
I have also tried this varient as well and doesn't seem to work

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<?php echo "value=".$_POST['fn']; ?>
Thank you
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<input type = 'text' name = 'input_name' value = '<?php echo $_POST["value"]; ?>' />
Last edited by raghavan20 on Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:58 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Post by feyd »

more code would be helpful. What type of form element are we talking here?
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Post by ssand »

sorry feyd

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<input type="text" name="fn" <?php echo "value=\"".$_POST['fn']."\""; ?> size="25">
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Post by ssand »

Well, it works as raghavan20 suggested.

Is it something with forms that the value= needed to be outside the php?

Thanks
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Post by jayshields »

No it's not. At a glance I can't really see what's wrong with your original code, but there are many alternatives to rag's method, none of which necessarily involve keeping the value attribute outside of the PHP.
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