Displaying a primary key in a input field

lukeurtnowski

What Im trying to do is ship the tables primary key in a regular text box (later I willl make it hidden)
Here's what I have, but it doesn't work, little help

<?  printf ('<input type=text name=CatID value="'.$result['CatID'].'">'); ?>

cgraz

Try echoing the variable first to see if it even has a value.

<?  

echo "Does This var have a value? " . $result["CatID"] . "<br>";
echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"CatID\" value=\"".$result["CatID"]."\">"; 

?>

What does that print?

Cgraz

lukeurtnowski

All is the striing "Does this var have a value and annn emptry text bok, the PK (CatID) would change depending on what is in a combo box

lukeurtnowski

If I put the code snippet you gave me before the combo box, the variables value is always 5 (even if I make a different selection in the combo box. On the other hand, if I put your code after the combo box, the variable is empty, do you know why?

cgraz

can you post more of your code?

Cgraz