Setting text field to read only

[jasonyoung]

I have a form which, based on some DB lookup factors, sets a series of text fields to disabled or enabled. I'm doing this with:

<?php
     if ($checkvm==1)
          {
	echo "
	<input name=\"ipvm\" type=\"text\" id=\"ipvm\" size=\"13\" value=\"$ipvm\"></td> ";
          }
     else
          {
	echo "
	<input name=\"ipvm\" disabled=\"true\" type=\"text\" id=\"ipvm\" size=\"13\"></td>";
          }
?>

The strange part is, when viewing the form in Firefox, the disabled fields are "grayed out", but in IE6 they're white. They are indeed non-editable though. I'd really like to have them show "grayed out" if they are disabled in IE6 also.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Arc]

You have to use JavaScript I beleive for this to work in IE.

[Weedpacket]

Or CSS. Either way, it's not something PHP can help with.

[khendar]

Agreed css is probably the best way to do it.

Bear in mind that readonly and disabled are two different things in this context.

Readonly fields will still be passed when the form is submitted, whereas disabled ones will not. So make sure you are using the right one here.

[Plasma]

Yeah just style them grey via css

[jasonyoung]

Thanks everyone. I kinda figured CSS would be my solution.