HTML reset button / PHP Variables

[cavey]

I have an HTML form and when you fill it out, and then hit the RESET button:

<input name="reset" type="reset" value="Reset" tabindex="22" />

it works fine. However when the form is populated with PHP Variables like:

<input size=\"40\" name=\"company\" type=\"text\" tabindex=\"1\" value=\"$tmp_company\"></input>

the RESET button won't clear the form. Any reason why?

[cavey]

I think it is just defaulting to what were the values when the page loaded, how do I get around that and clear the fields?

[bradgrafelman]

cavey wrote:

I think it is just defaulting to what were the values when the page loaded

That's exactly what it's doing, as that is exactly the purpose of a reset function - undo any changes made by the user.

If you actually want to clear all fields, you'd need to use some JavaScript code, e.g.

function resetAll(frm) {
    foreach(frm.elements as obj) {
        if(obj.value)
            obj.value = '';
    }
}

That will, of course, only clear text fields; for things such as checkboxes, select fields, etc., you'd need more code to accommodate the different types of form entities.