preview pages

[nicolemcgrgr50]

Hi all,

 

I am creating a website where the user can upload an advert. However, i want to add a preview function (similar to the one on this website when you create a new thread).

 

Currently, i have created a form which passes data on to a confirmation page:

PHP Code:

<form action="confirm.php" method="POST">

              <input type = "text", name="make">

              <input type = "text", name="model">

 

I would then like confirm.php to display the advert preview. Below the display i would like to include the same form allowing updates to be made. Any suggestions/guidance on how this can be done?

 

My first thoughts are to post the data back to the same page. However, how do you get the form to hold the data input by the user?

 

e.g.

PHP Code:

<input type = "text", name="make" value=<?$make?>> where $make = $make=$_POST['make'];

does not work.

[Sagi]

You can send the form in post method to the same page,

and display it like this:

<?php echo $make; ?>

And not:

<?$make?>

 

Just make sure that when you display it,

you clean the string from XSS. You can use htmlentities.

 

For example:

$make = htmlentities($_POST['make'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');