how do i keep variable

phenley

how do i keep variable after i reload page.

What i have is a text box that displays retrieved data from database. The correct data is being displayed.

I have select boxs that when clicked on reload the page and put the current time & date into other text boxes. This works fine.

The problem is that if i edit one of the text boxes before i click one of the select boxs, when the page reloads the text box reverts back to its orginal value.

Do i need the make these variables session variables so that when i reload the page the edit text box is not reset back to its orginal value.
Or is there a way of doing this

devinemke

consider this example:

<?php
if (isset($_POST['textbox']) && $_POST['textbox']) {$textbox = $_POST['textbox'];}
else {$textbox = 'lets pretend this text came from a database';}

echo '
<form action="" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="textbox" value="' . $textbox . '" size="50"><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
';
?>

phenley

This works fine if you want to retain the textbox when you submit a post.

But what about if your reloading the page (i.e. onChange of selectionbox reload) will the textbox retain its edited text???
Will give it a go and see what happens.

Originally posted by devinemke
consider this example:

<?php
if (isset($_POST['textbox']) && $_POST['textbox']) {$textbox = $_POST['textbox'];}
else {$textbox = 'lets pretend this text came from a database';}

echo '
<form action="" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="textbox" value="' . $textbox . '" size="50"><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
';
?>

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barryhinrichs

I would save the values into session variables and then set the "value" parameter to the session value in the html. If you need help with the code I can post it.

www.barretonline.com

phenley

Could post an exampe of the code.

I tried to do it using the echo $_SESSION['ShortDescription'];
But when i reload the page the editted text in ShortDescription disappears, with the text reverting back to that which came from the database.

Originally posted by barryhinrichs
I would save the values into session variables and then set the "value" parameter to the session value in the html. If you need help with the code I can post it.

www.barretonline.com