[Resolved] Form - automatic date

[vaavi8r]

Question 1:
I have a form that collects data and sends it to my databse. One of the fileds is date. How do I get the form to 'default' to the current date so you do not have to put the date in, but still be able to change it if needed?

Question 2:
On the same form I have a filed where the data entered needs to be in 'all caps', any way to get that field to default to all caps?

Thanks

[bad76]

Hi,
a look to the bases of HTML give you the solution:

In <input> tag you can use "value" option:
<input name="day" values="<?=date("Y-m-d")?>">

In a <textarea> just echo the value:
<textarea><?=$mytext?></textarea>

In a <select> print SELECTED in the right <option>:
<select name="sel1">
<option value="0" SELECTED>Default select</option>
<option value="1">Other select</option>
</select>

In a <input type=checkbox> echo CHECKED:
<input name="opt1" type=checkbox CHECKED>

...I hope this helps

[stew]

yup...

then on the action of the form you can convert the all caps field using strtoupper() or alternatively, you can specify the style of the field to something like:

<input type="text" style="font-family: caps">

not too sure what the exact style would be but, it would be something like that..

[vaavi8r]

Thanks guys.....been trying to learn too much too fast I guess. Simple changes but I just couldnt get it figured out.
thanks again