Problem passing values between form pages

[tjesker]

I have one form page that redirects to a second form page after using
Javascript to escape() the values so that multi-word values get passed
to the 2nd form without getting chopped off after the first space.

In the text fields on the second form if I use:

<input type="text" name="First Name" size="30" value=<?php echo
$First; ?>>

this displays:

Billy%20Bob

I need to get rid of the %20 characters and instead see spaces on the
2nd form page, but when I change it to:

<input type="text" name="First Name" size="30" value=<?php echo
htmlspecialchars(urldecode($First)); ?>>

this displays:

Billy

with everything after the first space cut off.

Can anyone tell me how to send text from one form page to another form
page and have all of the text appear on the second page the way it did
on the first?

Thanks

Tom Esker

[sid]

you can try

<input type="text" name="First Name" size="30" value=<?php echo 
htmlspecialchars(str_replace("%20", " ", $First)); ?>>

[tjesker]

Thanks for your quick reply. Seems like that should work but it still cuts off when it gets to a space. Any other suggestions?

Tom Esker

[sid]

ok - i overlooked that, as it is a html problem, not php really: make sure that there are quotes arount the value of your value attribute...

 <input type="text" name="First Name" size="30" value="<?php echo  

htmlspecialchars(str_replace("%20", " ", $First)); ?>"> 

your urldecode should work too i think... next time make sure to check the actual html source code that your code generates - that will make tracking down little errors like that mucho simplistico.

[tjesker]

That worked with the quotes added - thanks much!