[RESOLVED] Prefilled forms do not reset?

[Scriptmaker]

<?php 
$formdata = "formdata";
echo "<form><input type=text value=".$formdata.">
	<input type=reset></form>";
?>

I wanted to prefill ALL elements of my forms, not just textboxes, so I used javascript for dropdown menus and checkboxes. I figured PHP would be an easier and quicker way to go for textboxes, since they are the most frequently used types on my forms.

However, I noticed when I clear the form, using either a reset button as shown above, or a button with the javascript to reset (same thing), the prefilled textboxes do not reset. On one hand, this creates kind of a cool "cancel changes and revert to saved data" feature, but since drop down menus and checkboxes still clear, that's not really what I need.

I bet the reason is because the "reset" function clears anything a user has typed in, and since the data is already stored, nothing has been typed. So is there a ways to go about this with PHP, or should I look for a javascript function that completely erases the form?

Thanks!

[bradgrafelman]

Scriptmaker wrote:

I bet the reason is because the "reset" function clears anything a user has typed in

On the contrary, a form's reset mechanism simply reverts all entities within the form to their default state. Normally, the "default state" would include a blank value. Since, however, you're specify a default value in the HTML, the reset mechanism simply resets the value to this new default.

Scriptmaker wrote:

So is there a ways to go about this with PHP, or should I look for a javascript function that completely erases the form?

This is a client-side behavior, so there's not much PHP can do (other than output the Javascript code that would help you out! :p). If you want to remove all data from the fields in your form (different than resetting the form, as explained above), this is probably your best bet (Javascript).

[Scriptmaker]

Thanks for the quick answer Brad.