Odd: hidden variables being printed???

Anon

Hello, I'm running into an odd problem that I don't know how to resolve. I print the value of $entry after collecting all the necessary data. However, for some reason, my hidden input value of $submit gets all screwy and prints as well, right below the expected output of $entry.

<?
if ($continue == "no") {
if (isset($title)) {
$title = stripslashes($title);
$title = "<b>$title</b><br>\n";
$entry = $title;
}
...
echo $entry;
?>
<form action="edit.php3" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="add" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="entry_p" value="<?php echo $entry; ?>"><br><br>...
<input type="submit" value="SAVE & CONTINUE">

Anybody know why I can't seem to store the variable in the hidden input without it printing to the screen? Or maybe it's a different problem???

Thanks for your help!

rrijnders

What do you mean? You echo $entry on line 9 of your snipet and then echo it again as the value of your hidden form variable...?

fleymingmasc

I suspect that the browsers don't like the fact that you have included an HTML tag and a newline in your hidden value. Why not have the script specified in your form's ACTION attribute add the <br>\n on the receiving end? I'll bet this will take care of your problem.

When you have full control over an input field's content (as you almost always do with a hidden field) it's best to stick with the strict HTML spec, which forbids certain unescaped characters including <, >, &, and ". Try using <, >, &, and " instead, and try to avoid newlines in HTML element attributes.