Get radio buttons to retain info after failed validation

[cocklesby]

Hi,

I have created a php form which includes validation for mandatory fields.

My problem is that if validation fails the page refreshes. All the text fields retain the information the user has previously entered, but I don't know how to make it so radio buttons and checkboxes also retain the information.

Could anyone help me out? it would be much appreciated.

[ahundiak]

See how you echo out the posted value for your input fields?
<input type="text" name="First_name" class="compTextarea" value="<?php echo $_POST['First_name']; ?>
That is why they retain their user entered values following a refresh.

You need to do something similiar for your radio buttons and add the checked="checked" attribute for the ones the user has checked.