input hidden

[anser316]

while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result2 )) {
echo "<tr><td>";
echo $row['presc_id'];
echo "</a>";
echo "</td><td>";
echo $row['presc_date'];
echo "</td><td>";
echo $row['exemption_type'];
echo "</td><td>";
echo $row['branch_id'];
echo "</td></tr>"; 
}
echo "</table>";

echo"<form action=purchase.php method=post>";
echo "<p align=right>";
echo "<table border=1>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>Search Drug Name </TD>";
echo "<td><input type=text name=drugname></TD>";
echo "<input type='hidden' name=presc_id value='$row['presc_id']'>";  //LINE 76
echo "</tr>";
echo "</table>";
echo "<input type =submit name='searchdrug' value= Search>";
echo "<input type = reset>";
echo "</form>";
}[code]

 

I added line 76 to a working code, and got this error

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\wamp\www\project\branch1\SalesAssistant\purchase.php on line 76[/code]

[Orio]

Try:

 

echo "<input type='hidden' name=presc_id value='{$row['presc_id']}'>";

 

 

Orio.

[shreej21]

you can replace this line 76 as

 

echo "<input type='hidden' name=presc_id value='".$row['presc_id']."'>";

 

try it out

[anser316]

thanks it works, but when i try this

$dname = $_POST[drugname];
print $dname;
$presc=$_POST[presc_id];
echo "presc:";
echo $presc;

the dname works, but not the presc, and the presc is definetly getting a value, because where i showed before:

echo $row['presc_id'];

displayed a number

[haku]

That's because you are missing quotes on the name in your hidden input.

[anser316]

i have put the quotes in as the posts before told me to do so

[haku]

...and the other posters missed that. If they hadn't, you wouldn't still be having troubles, would you.

 

In their defense, they weren't looking for that, they were looking for the answer to your original problem, which they found and gave you. This is a different issue.