[RESOLVED] Please help populate form problems

steveDD

I am trying to do a contact form and when I hit reply I get the 'email' and 'title' of the message to populate the text box on the reply form to save typing.

At the minute I get the varable data from the orignal form but it doesn't seem to post it in the value section of the textbox.

original path: mail.php?id=$id&email=$email&title=$title

TO:<br />
      <input type="text" name="attn" size="40" value="<?php $_GET[email]?>" />

Am I able to populate a text box in this way? If not how can I do it. I am sure it is something with the code that is causing the problem but I don't know what.

Thanks

dagon

looks like it should work, view page source and see if anything is being put in the the value. also may want to print_r($_GET) to check the vars.

i assume the url of that page looks like mail.php?id=7&email=fish@chips.com&title=pets

steveDD

yes my page looks as you show in the example it picks up the varable info fine just doesnt in into the value part.

HalfaBee

It looks correct, try doing a print_r( $_GET ) to see if the array is set.

Pikachu2000

steveDD;10887854 wrote:
I am trying to do a contact form and when I hit reply I get the 'email' and 'title' of the message to populate the text box on the reply form to save typing.

At the minute I get the varable data from the orignal form but it doesn't seem to post it in the value section of the textbox.

original path: mail.php?id=$id&email=$email&title=$title
TO:<br />
      <input type="text" name="attn" size="40" value="<?php $_GET[email]?>" />
Am I able to populate a text box in this way? If not how can I do it. I am sure it is something with the code that is causing the problem but I don't know what.

Thanks

Change:

<?php $_GET[email]?>

To:

<?php echo($_GET['email']); ?>

and see what happens.

steveDD

its fine now, makes sense echo.

Kudose

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