Problem Pass data via the URL

[justice1]

I have a web form created in front page for example

 

<a shape="rect" href="mailto:example.com/[email protected]" shape="rect">example.com/update-mail.htm

 

on it is a field called eMail. I want to pass data to this field via the URL.

 

I have tried

 

<a shape="rect" href="mailto:example.com/[email protected]" shape="rect">example.com/[email protected]

 

 

but although I didn't get an error, it didnt appear to populate the field.

 

Do I need to do something else ?

 

Also if I wanted to pass two fields - what would the syntax be.

[mrMarcus]

you would use $_GET, and put the following in the <input> tag:

 

<input value="<?php echo (isset ($_GET['oldaddress']) ? $_GET['oldaddress'] : ''); ?>" />

 

where oldaddress holds the value you want to retrieve.