Fill in the blank?

furfurous

<input name="name" type="text" id="name" value="<?php echo "$session->username" ?>" size="50" />

The above is what I am currently trying to get working. I know it's probably something dumb too. 🙂

I want the box to automatically be filled in with the username of the person viewing the page. $session->username displays the username on every other page, so how can I get it to do the same in this box?

Also, how to I make the box uneditable, that is, I do not want people to be able change the text that goes in the box, just allow them to see that it is there.

Thanks!

coldwerturkey

you forgot to end the statement with ";" (also note that the double quotes aren't unnecessary in that echo statement as you're echoing a variable.)

disabled="disabled" will make the field uneditable

furfurous

<?
include("/include/session.php");
 ?>

That is on the same page as the form, and it defines username. I don't know why it isn't working then?

I also added the ";" and still didn't work.

Putting single quotes just makes $session->username display in the box.

coldwerturkey

then turn errors on & see why it's not echoing the value

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

my money's on it not being defined, as what you have (in addition to the missing semi-colon) is correct.

(and you do mean $session right? not $_SESSION)

...oh this is something I just figured out today on my server, /folder/file.php doesn't work, only folder/file.php works, maybe its the first backslash in your include?

furfurous

I added that to the code but nothing is displaying as a result of it.

The backslash should have no effect as I am using the below, I just didn't put the full address in my other post.

<?php include("http://www.furfurous.com/include/session.php"); ?>

And yes it's $session. Not $_SESSION.

mikewhy

Can you echo the username outside of the form?

furfurous

Ok I got it. I had to copy session.php and all of it's associated files to the directory that the page was located in.

Using my full site address for the include() doesn't work for some reason.

Anyone know why?