[Resolved] Back To The Text Field in Form

rcoursey

I thought I had the problem worked out, but I was wrong. The code worked when outputin to a table but, fails to work in a textfield in a form.

<tr>
	<td width="14">&nbsp;</td>
	<td width="108"><div align="right">Question#:</div></td>
	<td width="464"><input name="faqnum" type="text" value = "<?php echo htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row['faqnum']));?>" size="5" maxlength="3"></td>
	<td width="14">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
	  <td><div align="right">Question:</div></td>
	<td><textarea name="faqques" cols="85" rows="4" value= '<?php echo htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row["faqques"]));?>'></textarea></td>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
	  <td><div align="right">Answer:</div></td>
	<td><textarea name="faqans" cols="85" rows="10" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row['faqans']));?>" ></textarea></td>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

Elements with "faqques" and "faqans" do not display in the form even though they do display in the table browse on the prior page. I'm going nuts with this .....😕

Every time I think I have the answer I discover sooo many more questions.

rcoursey

The DB is MySQL

rcoursey

Things must be improving. I'm solving my own issues. A review of the "Textfield" element at W3C gave me the clue I needed.

There is NO value=???? for this element. I placed the PHP between the tags and voila, it worked.

I have one last question though.

If you give a form element a value=??? in the tag and then change it in the form area what value goes with the name/value pair during submittal?

😃