couldn't display letters after a space

[rolwong]

I have written the following script:
$sql = "SELECT parent_name, subject FROM parent_table";
$rs_query = mysql_query(($sql),$conn);
$record = mysql_fetch_array($rs_query);
$recipient = $record['parent_name'];
$reply_subject = "Re: ".$subject;

In my db, parent_name is "Carmen Chan",
subject is "Question from parent"

Then I want to display the above data in a text field:
print "<input type='text' value=$recipient>";
print "<input type='text' value=$reply_subject>";

But the result can only show me :
Carmen
Re:

All letters after space couldn't be displayed in a text field. Anything I have missed out?

[laserlight]

you need to enclose values in double quotes.
i.e.

value=\"$reply_subject\"

single quotes probably would work too, but I think double quotes are recommended.

[okuto1973]

I usually use this type of code:

echo "<input type='text' value='$recipient'>";
echo"<input type='text' value='$reply_subject'>";

or better one:

<input type="text" value="<?=$recipient?>">
<input type="text" value="<?=$reply_subject?>">

i think this last one is fastest to create for Apache/PHP

[rolwong]

Thanks for your help.