fields on forms

[Bernard_Snow]

How does one put data in a field on a form. I can do it with javascript but don't know how with php.

[Pig]

You mean the default value? That is just HTML:
<input type=text value="blah">

Or do you mean assign a value? The name of the field will automatically become a varaible on page that is called by the forms action.

[Jas]

Yea pigs right but if you mean get the data from the field you use $HTTP_POST_VARS['value'} for post and replace post with GET for get. You can also use $_POST['Value']. Just replace value with the name of the field.

Jas

[Bernard_Snow]

I made sure the forms action was the current one.

$firstname="xxx";

doesn't work.

[Bernard_Snow]

Okay I tried

$_POST['namefield'] = "xxx";

and that doesn't work.

[Pig]

The method you are using is to DEFINE a function. The defining action occurs on the form page, and the variable is sent to the action page. Does that make sense?

form page:
<input type=text name=a_var>
if the user enters "joe" for this field, on the action page you would say:
echo $a_var;
and "joe" would print on the page.