passing variables in a form

[micky1955]

can anyone please tell me the correct way to pass on the value of a variable in a form?

i need to pass the [i][b]value [/b] [/i] of $filmid - which can be string or integer to a script.  The following code only passes the variable [i][b]name[/b][/i].  Have tried it in double quotes, single quotes and no quotes!

<form etc. >
<input type=hidden name="delid" value=$filmid)>

Help please - i'm slowly going blind from reading tutorials and manuals!

:'(

Micky

[darkcarnival]

try this:

[code]<input type="hidden" name="delid" value="$filmid">[/code]

btw, you have to echo with double quote and then add \ to make it output right like so:

[code]echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"delid\" value=\"$filmid\">";[/code]

that should work.

edit: one more thing, make sure $filmid equals something too, otherwise that is your problem.

[Hypnos]

Or, since it seems this is outside of php tags...
[code]<input type=hidden name="delid" value="<?php echo $filmid ?>">[/code]

[ToonMariner]

I prefer hypnos method - I break out of php for html pretty much all the time. Only when I have somnething liek echo "<p>foo bar</p>"; do I not bother.

[micky1955]

:)
many, many thanks people!

tried both methods and they worked fine.

i just [i][b]knew[/b][/i] there had to be a way to do it but counld not get it right!

had even got to the point of thinking about saving the data in a tem text file!

Thanks again,

Micky