Cookies into a php form

[redbear]

I have a form the is created by php and I need to pre load the form if the cookies are there. I have everything working but I can't figure out how to get the value of the cookies into the form. The form is created from a series of print statements for example
<input type='text' name='nphone' value=''>
<input type='text' size='45' name='nemail' value=''>

TIA!
ben

[TheDefender]

$_COOKIE[''] Global Variables

After you retrieve the cookie, the variables are stored as global variables in the $_COOKIE array.

<input type='text' name='nphone' value='$COOKIE['nphone']'>
<input type='text' size='45' name='nemail' value='$COOKIE['nemail']'>

[redbear]

Thanks for your quick reply. I have retrieved the values into variables and then used you example to fill the form values. Do you think it will cause any problems if the cookies are not set the first time through the script?
Thanks again
Ben

[TheDefender]

Basically, the way I see it is I would define my value variables first...

IF(ISSET($COOKIE['phone']):
$nphone = $COOKIE['nphone'];
ELSE:
$nphone = "";
ENDIF;

Then later in your value, just set it like so:
<input type='text' name='nphone' value='$nphone'>

That's probably the best way, but if you have a ton of values, it can be lengthy code... But it doesn't slow things down too much.