Retaining previous posted values

jarow

I have a form that if submitted correctly posts back to itself with a message that says the record was entered correctly.

what I would like to do is retain the last values entered in some of the fields so that they don't have to retype everything if they want to add addtional records (it's a list of species and many times phylum, class, order do not change.)

i thought I could do it with session variables but it doesn't work.

Basically here is an example

$_SESSION['phylum']=$_POST['phylum'];

Then I put the session variable in the field like this

<?php echo $_SESSION['phylum']; ?>

But all the previously posted values are cleared when it reposts to itself.

What am I doing wrong.

Thanks

barand

Are you calling session_start() first.

You could also store the value to be passed on in a hidden form field

jarow

session_start() is being called first ahead of all html

I think hidden fields are the way to go as you suggest but I am still missing something. I created a number of hidden fields all with values of $_POST['variable'].

NOW, what should I put in the visible form fields of the same name? form variables such as

<?php echo $_POST['phylum']; ?>

<?php echo $_GET['phylum']; ?>

or should I make a session variable equal to the post variable and enter the session variable?

Am having a senior moment with this one

Thanks

barand

NOW, what should I put in the visible form fields of the same name? form variables such as
<?php echo $_POST['phylum']; ?> 
or
<?php echo $_GET['phylum']; ?> 

Depends whether your form's method is get or post.