PHP Post coding - could someone explain what Im doing wrong please?

[shabbaranks]

Hi all,

 

Im currently modifying some example code for a form which a user submits. Initially the form asked the user to input thier username but I have managed to get it so that the username is populated from the current user login. What I am struggling to do is understand how the $post works.

 

Am I correct in thinking that

<tr>
<td> Name</td>
<td input name="contactname" id="contactname" class"secondary-bfe-inputs" value=>'$current_user->display_name.'</td>
</tr>

 

is holding the value of $current_user->display_name. and where I use

 

'.$_POST['contactname'].'

will show the value?

 

If not could you explain what I should be doing please? Thanks

[Barand]

you can't put the input inside a <td> tag

value=> should be value=

 

<td> <input type='text' name="contactname" id="contactname" class="secondary-bfe-inputs" value='<?php echo $current_user->display_name?>' /></td>

 

edit: added type attribute

[shabbaranks]

Ah ok - Im not too sure whats going on here but I had it working. Re started the server and now its not displaying again  the code I now have is

 

<td>Name</td>
<td> <input type="text" input name="contactname" disabled="true" id="contactname" class="secondary-bfe-inputs" value='.$current_user->display_name.' /></td>

 

if I change the type="text" to type='text' the page doesnt work. Also my <?php tags are at the start and the end of the page hence why they arent in the above code.

 

Thanks

[shabbaranks]

Fixed - I think I had the comma's and the quotes incorrectly placed.