Return path/filename to Browse Text Box

[no1uknowdfw]

I'm error checking a number of fields...

One of the input fields is a browse for file text box...
<input type=file name=a value=$a>

On return all the textbox(input areas) fill in correctly.
except for the one above...

It wants to input something like var/tmp/scrambledtext

how do I return the path/filename into the browse box?

[jeremuck]

do print_r($GLOBALS) on the page that recieves the form

this will let you see all your variables.

it's unclear what you want.

[no1uknowdfw]

Basically I have a form...

You input your text in the textboxes provided...

One of the textbox is a browse for file textbox
<input type=file name=a value=$a>

I do an error check...
If you missed a required textbox then the page reloads with an error message... All the required textboxes that you did fill in will come back with the text you put in them.

The Browse text box
<input type=file name=a value=$a>
Does not return the path/filename the user put in...

Is there a way to return this variable to the
<input type=file name=a value=$a>

$a is the variable filling in the blank

[bernouli]

try to use

value=$_POST[$a]