Displaying users current details in form fields

Paul_Withers · September 10, 2014

Hi, I have a settings page which updates the users details. However, I want their current details displayed in the form fields, but I cannot get any result. I have only tried to echo out the first name first, but can't seem to get that to work.

<?php
session_start();
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
$username = $_SESSION['loggedinuser'];
//MySqli Select Query
require( 'database.php' );

$results = $con->query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = '$username';");
while($row = $results->fetch_array()) {

$firstname = $row['firstname'];

include 'includes/overall/header.php' 
?>

<form action="settingscheck.php" method="post">
	<ul>
		<li>
			First Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="<?php echo $firstname; ?>" id="firstname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Last Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email Again:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email_again" id="email_again">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 1:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_1" id="address_1">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 2:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_2" id="address_2">
		</li>
		<li>
			Town:<br>
			<input type="text" name="town" id="town">
		</li>
		
		<li>
				County*:<br>
				<select name="county">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="Non-UK">Non UK Resident</option>
<option value="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire </option>
<option value="Anglesey">Anglesey </option>
<option value="Angus">Angus </option>
<option value="Argyllshire">Argyllshire </option>
<option value="Ayrshire">Ayrshire </option>
<option value="Banffshire">Banffshire </option>
<option value="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire </option>
<option value="Berkshire">Berkshire </option>
<option value="Berwickshire">Berwickshire </option>
<option value="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire </option>
<option value="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire </option>
<option value="Buteshire">Buteshire </option>
<option value="Caernarfonshire">Caernarfonshire </option>
<option value="Caithness">Caithness </option>
<option value="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire </option>
<option value="Cardiganshire">Cardiganshire </option>
<option value="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire </option>
<option value="Cheshire">Cheshire </option>
<option value="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire </option>
<option value="Cornwall">Cornwall </option>
<option value="Cromartyshire">Cromartyshire </option>
<option value="Cumberland">Cumberland </option>
<option value="Denbighshire">Denbighshire </option>
<option value="Derbyshire">Derbyshire </option>
<option value="Devon">Devon </option>
<option value="Dorset">Dorset </option>
<option value="Dumfriesshire">Dumfriesshire </option>
<option value="Dunbartonshire">Dunbartonshire </option>
<option value="Durham">Durham </option>
<option value="East Loathian">East Loathian </option>
<option value="Essex">Essex </option>
<option value="Fife">Fife </option>
<option value="Flintshire">Flintshire </option>
<option value="Glamorgan">Glamorgan </option>
<option value="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire </option>
<option value="Hampshire">Hampshire </option>
<option value="Herefordshire">Herefordshire </option>
<option value="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire </option>
<option value="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire </option>
<option value="Inverness-shire">Inverness-shire </option>
<option value="Kent">Kent </option>
<option value="Kincardineshire">Kincardineshire </option>
<option value="Kinross-shire">Kinross-shire </option>
<option value="Kirkcudbrightshire">Kirkcudbrightshire </option>
<option value="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire </option>
<option value="Lancashire">Lancashire </option>
<option value="Leicestershire">Leicestershire </option>
<option value="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire </option>
<option value="Merioneth">Merioneth </option>
<option value="Middlesex">Middlesex </option>
<option value="Midlothian">Midlothian </option>
<option value="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire </option>
<option value="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire </option>
<option value="Morayshire">Morayshire </option>
<option value="Nairnshire">Nairnshire </option>
<option value="Norfolk">Norfolk </option>
<option value="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire </option>
<option value="Northumberland">Northumberland </option>
<option value="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire </option>
<option value="Orkney">Orkney </option>
<option value="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire </option>
<option value="Peeblesshire">Peeblesshire </option>
<option value="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire </option>
<option value="Perthshire">Perthshire </option>
<option value="Radnorshire">Radnorshire </option>
<option value="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire </option>
<option value="Ross-shire">Ross-shire </option>
<option value="Roxburghshire">Roxburghshire </option>
<option value="Rutland">Rutland </option>
<option value="Selkirkshire">Selkirkshire </option>
<option value="Shetland">Shetland </option>
<option value="Shropshire">Shropshire </option>
<option value="Somerset">Somerset </option>
<option value="Staffordshire">Staffordshire </option>
<option value="Stirlingshire">Stirlingshire </option>
<option value="Suffolk">Suffolk </option>
<option value="Surrey">Surrey </option>
<option value="Sussex">Sussex </option>
<option value="Sutherland">Sutherland </option>
<option value="Warwickshire">Warwickshire </option>
<option value="West Lothian">West Lothian </option>
<option value="Westmorland">Westmorland </option>
<option value="Wigtownshire">Wigtownshire </option>
<option value="Wiltshire">Wiltshire </option>
<option value="Worcestershire">Worcestershire </option>
<option value="Yorkshire">Yorkshire </option>
				</select>
			</li>
			
<li>
		Postcode:<br>
			<input type="text" name="postcode" id="postcode">
</li>
		
			<li>
				Country*:<br>
<select name="country">
<option value="">Country...</option>
<option value="Afganistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
<option value="American Samoa">American Samoa</option>
<option value="Andorra">Andorra</option>
<option value="Angola">Angola</option>
<option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option>
<option value="Antigua & Barbuda">Antigua & Barbuda</option>
<option value="Argentina">Argentina</option>
<option value="Armenia">Armenia</option>
<option value="Aruba">Aruba</option>
<option value="Australia">Australia</option>
<option value="Austria">Austria</option>
<option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option>
<option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</option>
<option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="Barbados">Barbados</option>
<option value="Belarus">Belarus</option>
<option value="Belgium">Belgium</option>
<option value="Belize">Belize</option>
<option value="Benin">Benin</option>
<option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option>
<option value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option>
<option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</option>
<option value="Bonaire">Bonaire</option>
<option value="Bosnia & Herzegovina">Bosnia & Herzegovina</option>
<option value="Botswana">Botswana</option>
<option value="Brazil">Brazil</option>
<option value="British Indian Ocean Ter">British Indian Ocean Ter</option>
<option value="Brunei">Brunei</option>
<option value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="Burundi">Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option>
<option value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</option>
<option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="Chad">Chad</option>
<option value="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</option>
<option value="Chile">Chile</option>
<option value="China">China</option>
<option value="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="Cocos Island">Cocos Island</option>
<option value="Colombia">Colombia</option>
<option value="Comoros">Comoros</option>
<option value="Congo">Congo</option>
<option value="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="Cote DIvoire">Cote D'Ivoire</option>
<option value="Croatia">Croatia</option>
<option value="Cuba">Cuba</option>
<option value="Curaco">Curacao</option>
<option value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option>
<option value="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="Denmark">Denmark</option>
<option value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option>
<option value="Dominica">Dominica</option>
<option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="East Timor">East Timor</option>
<option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option>
<option value="Egypt">Egypt</option>
<option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option>
<option value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option>
<option value="Estonia">Estonia</option>
<option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="Fiji">Fiji</option>
<option value="Finland">Finland</option>
<option value="France">France</option>
<option value="French Guiana">French Guiana</option>
<option value="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="French Southern Ter">French Southern Ter</option>
<option value="Gabon">Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia">Gambia</option>
<option value="Georgia">Georgia</option>
<option value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option value="Ghana">Ghana</option>
<option value="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="Great Britain">Great Britain</option>
<option value="Greece">Greece</option>
<option value="Greenland">Greenland</option>
<option value="Grenada">Grenada</option>
<option value="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="Guam">Guam</option>
<option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option>
<option value="Guinea">Guinea</option>
<option value="Guyana">Guyana</option>
<option value="Haiti">Haiti</option>
<option value="Hawaii">Hawaii</option>
<option value="Honduras">Honduras</option>
<option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="Hungary">Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland">Iceland</option>
<option value="India">India</option>
<option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option>
<option value="Iran">Iran</option>
<option value="Iraq">Iraq</option>
<option value="Ireland">Ireland</option>
<option value="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</option>
<option value="Israel">Israel</option>
<option value="Italy">Italy</option>
<option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan">Japan</option>
<option value="Jordan">Jordan</option>
<option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="Kenya">Kenya</option>
<option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</option>
<option value="Korea North">Korea North</option>
<option value="Korea Sout">Korea South</option>
<option value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option>
<option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="Laos">Laos</option>
<option value="Latvia">Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option>
<option value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option>
<option value="Liberia">Liberia</option>
<option value="Libya">Libya</option>
<option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option>
<option value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="Macau">Macau</option>
<option value="Macedonia">Macedonia</option>
<option value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option>
<option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
<option value="Malawi">Malawi</option>
<option value="Maldives">Maldives</option>
<option value="Mali">Mali</option>
<option value="Malta">Malta</option>
<option value="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="Martinique">Martinique</option>
<option value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option>
<option value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option>
<option value="Mayotte">Mayotte</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
<option value="Midway Islands">Midway Islands</option>
<option value="Moldova">Moldova</option>
<option value="Monaco">Monaco</option>
<option value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option>
<option value="Montserrat">Montserrat</option>
<option value="Morocco">Morocco</option>
<option value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option>
<option value="Myanmar">Myanmar</option>
<option value="Nambia">Nambia</option>
<option value="Nauru">Nauru</option>
<option value="Nepal">Nepal</option>
<option value="Netherland Antilles">Netherland Antilles</option>
<option value="Netherlands">Netherlands (Holland, Europe)</option>
<option value="Nevis">Nevis</option>
<option value="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option>
<option value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="Niger">Niger</option>
<option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option>
<option value="Niue">Niue</option>
<option value="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</option>
<option value="Norway">Norway</option>
<option value="Oman">Oman</option>
<option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</option>
<option value="Palau Island">Palau Island</option>
<option value="Palestine">Palestine</option>
<option value="Panama">Panama</option>
<option value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option>
<option value="Peru">Peru</option>
<option value="Phillipines">Philippines</option>
<option value="Pitcairn Island">Pitcairn Island</option>
<option value="Poland">Poland</option>
<option value="Portugal">Portugal</option>
<option value="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="Qatar">Qatar</option>
<option value="Republic of Montenegro">Republic of Montenegro</option>
<option value="Republic of Serbia">Republic of Serbia</option>
<option value="Reunion">Reunion</option>
<option value="Romania">Romania</option>
<option value="Russia">Russia</option>
<option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</option>
<option value="St Barthelemy">St Barthelemy</option>
<option value="St Eustatius">St Eustatius</option>
<option value="St Helena">St Helena</option>
<option value="St Kitts-Nevis">St Kitts-Nevis</option>
<option value="St Lucia">St Lucia</option>
<option value="St Maarten">St Maarten</option>
<option value="St Pierre & Miquelon">St Pierre & Miquelon</option>
<option value="St Vincent & Grenadines">St Vincent & Grenadines</option>
<option value="Saipan">Saipan</option>
<option value="Samoa">Samoa</option>
<option value="Samoa American">Samoa American</option>
<option value="San Marino">San Marino</option>
<option value="Sao Tome & Principe">Sao Tome & Principe</option>
<option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="Senegal">Senegal</option>
<option value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option>
<option value="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="Singapore">Singapore</option>
<option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option>
<option value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option>
<option value="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="Somalia">Somalia</option>
<option value="South Africa">South Africa</option>
<option value="Spain">Spain</option>
<option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="Sudan">Sudan</option>
<option value="Suriname">Suriname</option>
<option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option>
<option value="Sweden">Sweden</option>
<option value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option>
<option value="Syria">Syria</option>
<option value="Tahiti">Tahiti</option>
<option value="Taiwan">Taiwan</option>
<option value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="Tanzania">Tanzania</option>
<option value="Thailand">Thailand</option>
<option value="Togo">Togo</option>
<option value="Tokelau">Tokelau</option>
<option value="Tonga">Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad & Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option>
<option value="Turkey">Turkey</option>
<option value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="Turks & Caicos Is">Turks & Caicos Is</option>
<option value="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="Uganda">Uganda</option>
<option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option>
<option value="United Arab Erimates">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="United States of America">United States of America</option>
<option value="Uraguay">Uruguay</option>
<option value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</option>
<option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</option>
<option value="Vietnam">Vietnam</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (Brit)">Virgin Islands (Brit)</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (USA)">Virgin Islands (USA)</option>
<option value="Wake Island">Wake Island</option>
<option value="Wallis & Futana Is">Wallis & Futana Is</option>
<option value="Yemen">Yemen</option>
<option value="Zaire">Zaire</option>
<option value="Zambia">Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	PayPal Email*:<br>
			<input type="text" name="paypal_email">
</li>
		
		<li>
	Business*:<br>
			<select name="business">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT registered:<br>
			<select name="vat_registered">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT number:<br>
			<input type="text" name="vat_number">
</li>
		<li>
			<input type="submit" name="reg" id="reg" value="Register">
		</li>
		
	</ul>
</form>

<form name="Back" method="post" action="login.php">
	<ul>
		<li><input type="submit" name="back" id="back" value="Back">
		</li>
	</ul>
</form>


  
<?php
}   

// Frees the memory associated with a result
$results->free();
// close connection 
$con->close();
include 'includes/overall/footer.php';
?>

Any help is much appreciated

Paul

Jacques1 · September 10, 2014

You're using the name attribute, but I'm fairly sure you want the value attribute.

Besides that, the code layout is rather strange. Why is the entire form in the while loop of the user query? Why is there a loop at all? Shouldn't there only be one user with that name? Then you only need a single fetch_array() call.

Paul_Withers · September 10, 2014

Hi Jacques, thank you for your reply.

I have changed it to this

<?php
session_start();
include 'includes/overall/header.php' ?>
<?php
$username = $_SESSION['loggedinuser'];
 $query = ("SELECT * FROM user WHERE `username` = '$username'",

   mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $name));
 
  $result = mysqli_query($con, $query);
  
  if(!$result) {
  echo "Error Result: ".mysqli_error($con);    
  }
  
  $row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
  
  $firstname = $row['firstname']; 

?>

<form action="settingscheck.php" method="post">
	<ul>
		<li>
			First Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="firstname" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['firstname']; ?>" id="firstname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Last Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email Again:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email_again" id="email_again">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 1:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_1" id="address_1">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 2:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_2" id="address_2">
		</li>
		<li>
			Town:<br>
			<input type="text" name="town" id="town">
		</li>
		
		<li>
				County*:<br>
				<select name="county">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="Non-UK">Non UK Resident</option>
<option value="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire </option>
<option value="Anglesey">Anglesey </option>
<option value="Angus">Angus </option>
<option value="Argyllshire">Argyllshire </option>
<option value="Ayrshire">Ayrshire </option>
<option value="Banffshire">Banffshire </option>
<option value="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire </option>
<option value="Berkshire">Berkshire </option>
<option value="Berwickshire">Berwickshire </option>
<option value="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire </option>
<option value="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire </option>
<option value="Buteshire">Buteshire </option>
<option value="Caernarfonshire">Caernarfonshire </option>
<option value="Caithness">Caithness </option>
<option value="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire </option>
<option value="Cardiganshire">Cardiganshire </option>
<option value="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire </option>
<option value="Cheshire">Cheshire </option>
<option value="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire </option>
<option value="Cornwall">Cornwall </option>
<option value="Cromartyshire">Cromartyshire </option>
<option value="Cumberland">Cumberland </option>
<option value="Denbighshire">Denbighshire </option>
<option value="Derbyshire">Derbyshire </option>
<option value="Devon">Devon </option>
<option value="Dorset">Dorset </option>
<option value="Dumfriesshire">Dumfriesshire </option>
<option value="Dunbartonshire">Dunbartonshire </option>
<option value="Durham">Durham </option>
<option value="East Loathian">East Loathian </option>
<option value="Essex">Essex </option>
<option value="Fife">Fife </option>
<option value="Flintshire">Flintshire </option>
<option value="Glamorgan">Glamorgan </option>
<option value="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire </option>
<option value="Hampshire">Hampshire </option>
<option value="Herefordshire">Herefordshire </option>
<option value="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire </option>
<option value="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire </option>
<option value="Inverness-shire">Inverness-shire </option>
<option value="Kent">Kent </option>
<option value="Kincardineshire">Kincardineshire </option>
<option value="Kinross-shire">Kinross-shire </option>
<option value="Kirkcudbrightshire">Kirkcudbrightshire </option>
<option value="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire </option>
<option value="Lancashire">Lancashire </option>
<option value="Leicestershire">Leicestershire </option>
<option value="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire </option>
<option value="Merioneth">Merioneth </option>
<option value="Middlesex">Middlesex </option>
<option value="Midlothian">Midlothian </option>
<option value="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire </option>
<option value="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire </option>
<option value="Morayshire">Morayshire </option>
<option value="Nairnshire">Nairnshire </option>
<option value="Norfolk">Norfolk </option>
<option value="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire </option>
<option value="Northumberland">Northumberland </option>
<option value="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire </option>
<option value="Orkney">Orkney </option>
<option value="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire </option>
<option value="Peeblesshire">Peeblesshire </option>
<option value="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire </option>
<option value="Perthshire">Perthshire </option>
<option value="Radnorshire">Radnorshire </option>
<option value="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire </option>
<option value="Ross-shire">Ross-shire </option>
<option value="Roxburghshire">Roxburghshire </option>
<option value="Rutland">Rutland </option>
<option value="Selkirkshire">Selkirkshire </option>
<option value="Shetland">Shetland </option>
<option value="Shropshire">Shropshire </option>
<option value="Somerset">Somerset </option>
<option value="Staffordshire">Staffordshire </option>
<option value="Stirlingshire">Stirlingshire </option>
<option value="Suffolk">Suffolk </option>
<option value="Surrey">Surrey </option>
<option value="Sussex">Sussex </option>
<option value="Sutherland">Sutherland </option>
<option value="Warwickshire">Warwickshire </option>
<option value="West Lothian">West Lothian </option>
<option value="Westmorland">Westmorland </option>
<option value="Wigtownshire">Wigtownshire </option>
<option value="Wiltshire">Wiltshire </option>
<option value="Worcestershire">Worcestershire </option>
<option value="Yorkshire">Yorkshire </option>
				</select>
			</li>
			
<li>
		Postcode:<br>
			<input type="text" name="postcode" id="postcode">
</li>
		
			<li>
				Country*:<br>
<select name="country">
<option value="">Country...</option>
<option value="Afganistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
<option value="American Samoa">American Samoa</option>
<option value="Andorra">Andorra</option>
<option value="Angola">Angola</option>
<option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option>
<option value="Antigua & Barbuda">Antigua & Barbuda</option>
<option value="Argentina">Argentina</option>
<option value="Armenia">Armenia</option>
<option value="Aruba">Aruba</option>
<option value="Australia">Australia</option>
<option value="Austria">Austria</option>
<option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option>
<option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</option>
<option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="Barbados">Barbados</option>
<option value="Belarus">Belarus</option>
<option value="Belgium">Belgium</option>
<option value="Belize">Belize</option>
<option value="Benin">Benin</option>
<option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option>
<option value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option>
<option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</option>
<option value="Bonaire">Bonaire</option>
<option value="Bosnia & Herzegovina">Bosnia & Herzegovina</option>
<option value="Botswana">Botswana</option>
<option value="Brazil">Brazil</option>
<option value="British Indian Ocean Ter">British Indian Ocean Ter</option>
<option value="Brunei">Brunei</option>
<option value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="Burundi">Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option>
<option value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</option>
<option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="Chad">Chad</option>
<option value="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</option>
<option value="Chile">Chile</option>
<option value="China">China</option>
<option value="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="Cocos Island">Cocos Island</option>
<option value="Colombia">Colombia</option>
<option value="Comoros">Comoros</option>
<option value="Congo">Congo</option>
<option value="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="Cote DIvoire">Cote D'Ivoire</option>
<option value="Croatia">Croatia</option>
<option value="Cuba">Cuba</option>
<option value="Curaco">Curacao</option>
<option value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option>
<option value="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="Denmark">Denmark</option>
<option value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option>
<option value="Dominica">Dominica</option>
<option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="East Timor">East Timor</option>
<option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option>
<option value="Egypt">Egypt</option>
<option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option>
<option value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option>
<option value="Estonia">Estonia</option>
<option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="Fiji">Fiji</option>
<option value="Finland">Finland</option>
<option value="France">France</option>
<option value="French Guiana">French Guiana</option>
<option value="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="French Southern Ter">French Southern Ter</option>
<option value="Gabon">Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia">Gambia</option>
<option value="Georgia">Georgia</option>
<option value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option value="Ghana">Ghana</option>
<option value="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="Great Britain">Great Britain</option>
<option value="Greece">Greece</option>
<option value="Greenland">Greenland</option>
<option value="Grenada">Grenada</option>
<option value="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="Guam">Guam</option>
<option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option>
<option value="Guinea">Guinea</option>
<option value="Guyana">Guyana</option>
<option value="Haiti">Haiti</option>
<option value="Hawaii">Hawaii</option>
<option value="Honduras">Honduras</option>
<option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="Hungary">Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland">Iceland</option>
<option value="India">India</option>
<option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option>
<option value="Iran">Iran</option>
<option value="Iraq">Iraq</option>
<option value="Ireland">Ireland</option>
<option value="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</option>
<option value="Israel">Israel</option>
<option value="Italy">Italy</option>
<option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan">Japan</option>
<option value="Jordan">Jordan</option>
<option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="Kenya">Kenya</option>
<option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</option>
<option value="Korea North">Korea North</option>
<option value="Korea Sout">Korea South</option>
<option value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option>
<option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="Laos">Laos</option>
<option value="Latvia">Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option>
<option value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option>
<option value="Liberia">Liberia</option>
<option value="Libya">Libya</option>
<option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option>
<option value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="Macau">Macau</option>
<option value="Macedonia">Macedonia</option>
<option value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option>
<option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
<option value="Malawi">Malawi</option>
<option value="Maldives">Maldives</option>
<option value="Mali">Mali</option>
<option value="Malta">Malta</option>
<option value="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="Martinique">Martinique</option>
<option value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option>
<option value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option>
<option value="Mayotte">Mayotte</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
<option value="Midway Islands">Midway Islands</option>
<option value="Moldova">Moldova</option>
<option value="Monaco">Monaco</option>
<option value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option>
<option value="Montserrat">Montserrat</option>
<option value="Morocco">Morocco</option>
<option value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option>
<option value="Myanmar">Myanmar</option>
<option value="Nambia">Nambia</option>
<option value="Nauru">Nauru</option>
<option value="Nepal">Nepal</option>
<option value="Netherland Antilles">Netherland Antilles</option>
<option value="Netherlands">Netherlands (Holland, Europe)</option>
<option value="Nevis">Nevis</option>
<option value="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option>
<option value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="Niger">Niger</option>
<option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option>
<option value="Niue">Niue</option>
<option value="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</option>
<option value="Norway">Norway</option>
<option value="Oman">Oman</option>
<option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</option>
<option value="Palau Island">Palau Island</option>
<option value="Palestine">Palestine</option>
<option value="Panama">Panama</option>
<option value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option>
<option value="Peru">Peru</option>
<option value="Phillipines">Philippines</option>
<option value="Pitcairn Island">Pitcairn Island</option>
<option value="Poland">Poland</option>
<option value="Portugal">Portugal</option>
<option value="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="Qatar">Qatar</option>
<option value="Republic of Montenegro">Republic of Montenegro</option>
<option value="Republic of Serbia">Republic of Serbia</option>
<option value="Reunion">Reunion</option>
<option value="Romania">Romania</option>
<option value="Russia">Russia</option>
<option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</option>
<option value="St Barthelemy">St Barthelemy</option>
<option value="St Eustatius">St Eustatius</option>
<option value="St Helena">St Helena</option>
<option value="St Kitts-Nevis">St Kitts-Nevis</option>
<option value="St Lucia">St Lucia</option>
<option value="St Maarten">St Maarten</option>
<option value="St Pierre & Miquelon">St Pierre & Miquelon</option>
<option value="St Vincent & Grenadines">St Vincent & Grenadines</option>
<option value="Saipan">Saipan</option>
<option value="Samoa">Samoa</option>
<option value="Samoa American">Samoa American</option>
<option value="San Marino">San Marino</option>
<option value="Sao Tome & Principe">Sao Tome & Principe</option>
<option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="Senegal">Senegal</option>
<option value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option>
<option value="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="Singapore">Singapore</option>
<option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option>
<option value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option>
<option value="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="Somalia">Somalia</option>
<option value="South Africa">South Africa</option>
<option value="Spain">Spain</option>
<option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="Sudan">Sudan</option>
<option value="Suriname">Suriname</option>
<option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option>
<option value="Sweden">Sweden</option>
<option value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option>
<option value="Syria">Syria</option>
<option value="Tahiti">Tahiti</option>
<option value="Taiwan">Taiwan</option>
<option value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="Tanzania">Tanzania</option>
<option value="Thailand">Thailand</option>
<option value="Togo">Togo</option>
<option value="Tokelau">Tokelau</option>
<option value="Tonga">Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad & Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option>
<option value="Turkey">Turkey</option>
<option value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="Turks & Caicos Is">Turks & Caicos Is</option>
<option value="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="Uganda">Uganda</option>
<option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option>
<option value="United Arab Erimates">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="United States of America">United States of America</option>
<option value="Uraguay">Uruguay</option>
<option value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</option>
<option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</option>
<option value="Vietnam">Vietnam</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (Brit)">Virgin Islands (Brit)</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (USA)">Virgin Islands (USA)</option>
<option value="Wake Island">Wake Island</option>
<option value="Wallis & Futana Is">Wallis & Futana Is</option>
<option value="Yemen">Yemen</option>
<option value="Zaire">Zaire</option>
<option value="Zambia">Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	PayPal Email*:<br>
			<input type="text" name="paypal_email">
</li>
		
		<li>
	Business*:<br>
			<select name="business">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT registered:<br>
			<select name="vat_registered">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT number:<br>
			<input type="text" name="vat_number">
</li>
		<li>
			<input type="submit" name="reg" id="reg" value="Register">
		</li>
		
	</ul>
</form>

<form name="Back" method="post" action="login.php">
	<ul>
		<li><input type="submit" name="back" id="back" value="Back">
		</li>
	</ul>
</form>
<?php
include 'includes/overall/footer.php';
?>

But I get the following error and can't work out how to solve it. Yep my error with the value lol

Jacques1 · September 10, 2014

I don't see the error. But $_SESSION['firstname'] should read $firstname.

Edited September 10, 2014 by Jacques1

Paul_Withers · September 10, 2014

Ok took your advice and changed it to

<?php
session_start();
include 'includes/overall/header.php' ?>
<?php
$username = $_SESSION['loggedinuser'];
 $query = ("SELECT * FROM user WHERE `username` = '$username'",

   mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $name));
 
  $result = mysqli_query($con, $query);
  
  if(!$result) {
  echo "Error Result: ".mysqli_error($con);    
  }
  
  $row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
  
  $firstname = $row['firstname']; 

?>

<form action="settingscheck.php" method="post">
	<ul>
		<li>
			First Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="<?php echo $firstname ?>" id="firstname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Last Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email Again:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email_again" id="email_again">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 1:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_1" id="address_1">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 2:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_2" id="address_2">
		</li>
		<li>
			Town:<br>
			<input type="text" name="town" id="town">
		</li>
		
		<li>
				County*:<br>
				<select name="county">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="Non-UK">Non UK Resident</option>
<option value="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire </option>
<option value="Anglesey">Anglesey </option>
<option value="Angus">Angus </option>
<option value="Argyllshire">Argyllshire </option>
<option value="Ayrshire">Ayrshire </option>
<option value="Banffshire">Banffshire </option>
<option value="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire </option>
<option value="Berkshire">Berkshire </option>
<option value="Berwickshire">Berwickshire </option>
<option value="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire </option>
<option value="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire </option>
<option value="Buteshire">Buteshire </option>
<option value="Caernarfonshire">Caernarfonshire </option>
<option value="Caithness">Caithness </option>
<option value="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire </option>
<option value="Cardiganshire">Cardiganshire </option>
<option value="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire </option>
<option value="Cheshire">Cheshire </option>
<option value="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire </option>
<option value="Cornwall">Cornwall </option>
<option value="Cromartyshire">Cromartyshire </option>
<option value="Cumberland">Cumberland </option>
<option value="Denbighshire">Denbighshire </option>
<option value="Derbyshire">Derbyshire </option>
<option value="Devon">Devon </option>
<option value="Dorset">Dorset </option>
<option value="Dumfriesshire">Dumfriesshire </option>
<option value="Dunbartonshire">Dunbartonshire </option>
<option value="Durham">Durham </option>
<option value="East Loathian">East Loathian </option>
<option value="Essex">Essex </option>
<option value="Fife">Fife </option>
<option value="Flintshire">Flintshire </option>
<option value="Glamorgan">Glamorgan </option>
<option value="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire </option>
<option value="Hampshire">Hampshire </option>
<option value="Herefordshire">Herefordshire </option>
<option value="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire </option>
<option value="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire </option>
<option value="Inverness-shire">Inverness-shire </option>
<option value="Kent">Kent </option>
<option value="Kincardineshire">Kincardineshire </option>
<option value="Kinross-shire">Kinross-shire </option>
<option value="Kirkcudbrightshire">Kirkcudbrightshire </option>
<option value="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire </option>
<option value="Lancashire">Lancashire </option>
<option value="Leicestershire">Leicestershire </option>
<option value="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire </option>
<option value="Merioneth">Merioneth </option>
<option value="Middlesex">Middlesex </option>
<option value="Midlothian">Midlothian </option>
<option value="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire </option>
<option value="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire </option>
<option value="Morayshire">Morayshire </option>
<option value="Nairnshire">Nairnshire </option>
<option value="Norfolk">Norfolk </option>
<option value="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire </option>
<option value="Northumberland">Northumberland </option>
<option value="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire </option>
<option value="Orkney">Orkney </option>
<option value="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire </option>
<option value="Peeblesshire">Peeblesshire </option>
<option value="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire </option>
<option value="Perthshire">Perthshire </option>
<option value="Radnorshire">Radnorshire </option>
<option value="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire </option>
<option value="Ross-shire">Ross-shire </option>
<option value="Roxburghshire">Roxburghshire </option>
<option value="Rutland">Rutland </option>
<option value="Selkirkshire">Selkirkshire </option>
<option value="Shetland">Shetland </option>
<option value="Shropshire">Shropshire </option>
<option value="Somerset">Somerset </option>
<option value="Staffordshire">Staffordshire </option>
<option value="Stirlingshire">Stirlingshire </option>
<option value="Suffolk">Suffolk </option>
<option value="Surrey">Surrey </option>
<option value="Sussex">Sussex </option>
<option value="Sutherland">Sutherland </option>
<option value="Warwickshire">Warwickshire </option>
<option value="West Lothian">West Lothian </option>
<option value="Westmorland">Westmorland </option>
<option value="Wigtownshire">Wigtownshire </option>
<option value="Wiltshire">Wiltshire </option>
<option value="Worcestershire">Worcestershire </option>
<option value="Yorkshire">Yorkshire </option>
				</select>
			</li>
			
<li>
		Postcode:<br>
			<input type="text" name="postcode" id="postcode">
</li>
		
			<li>
				Country*:<br>
<select name="country">
<option value="">Country...</option>
<option value="Afganistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
<option value="American Samoa">American Samoa</option>
<option value="Andorra">Andorra</option>
<option value="Angola">Angola</option>
<option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option>
<option value="Antigua & Barbuda">Antigua & Barbuda</option>
<option value="Argentina">Argentina</option>
<option value="Armenia">Armenia</option>
<option value="Aruba">Aruba</option>
<option value="Australia">Australia</option>
<option value="Austria">Austria</option>
<option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option>
<option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</option>
<option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="Barbados">Barbados</option>
<option value="Belarus">Belarus</option>
<option value="Belgium">Belgium</option>
<option value="Belize">Belize</option>
<option value="Benin">Benin</option>
<option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option>
<option value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option>
<option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</option>
<option value="Bonaire">Bonaire</option>
<option value="Bosnia & Herzegovina">Bosnia & Herzegovina</option>
<option value="Botswana">Botswana</option>
<option value="Brazil">Brazil</option>
<option value="British Indian Ocean Ter">British Indian Ocean Ter</option>
<option value="Brunei">Brunei</option>
<option value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="Burundi">Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option>
<option value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</option>
<option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="Chad">Chad</option>
<option value="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</option>
<option value="Chile">Chile</option>
<option value="China">China</option>
<option value="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="Cocos Island">Cocos Island</option>
<option value="Colombia">Colombia</option>
<option value="Comoros">Comoros</option>
<option value="Congo">Congo</option>
<option value="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="Cote DIvoire">Cote D'Ivoire</option>
<option value="Croatia">Croatia</option>
<option value="Cuba">Cuba</option>
<option value="Curaco">Curacao</option>
<option value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option>
<option value="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="Denmark">Denmark</option>
<option value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option>
<option value="Dominica">Dominica</option>
<option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="East Timor">East Timor</option>
<option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option>
<option value="Egypt">Egypt</option>
<option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option>
<option value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option>
<option value="Estonia">Estonia</option>
<option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="Fiji">Fiji</option>
<option value="Finland">Finland</option>
<option value="France">France</option>
<option value="French Guiana">French Guiana</option>
<option value="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="French Southern Ter">French Southern Ter</option>
<option value="Gabon">Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia">Gambia</option>
<option value="Georgia">Georgia</option>
<option value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option value="Ghana">Ghana</option>
<option value="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="Great Britain">Great Britain</option>
<option value="Greece">Greece</option>
<option value="Greenland">Greenland</option>
<option value="Grenada">Grenada</option>
<option value="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="Guam">Guam</option>
<option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option>
<option value="Guinea">Guinea</option>
<option value="Guyana">Guyana</option>
<option value="Haiti">Haiti</option>
<option value="Hawaii">Hawaii</option>
<option value="Honduras">Honduras</option>
<option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="Hungary">Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland">Iceland</option>
<option value="India">India</option>
<option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option>
<option value="Iran">Iran</option>
<option value="Iraq">Iraq</option>
<option value="Ireland">Ireland</option>
<option value="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</option>
<option value="Israel">Israel</option>
<option value="Italy">Italy</option>
<option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan">Japan</option>
<option value="Jordan">Jordan</option>
<option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="Kenya">Kenya</option>
<option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</option>
<option value="Korea North">Korea North</option>
<option value="Korea Sout">Korea South</option>
<option value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option>
<option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="Laos">Laos</option>
<option value="Latvia">Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option>
<option value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option>
<option value="Liberia">Liberia</option>
<option value="Libya">Libya</option>
<option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option>
<option value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="Macau">Macau</option>
<option value="Macedonia">Macedonia</option>
<option value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option>
<option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
<option value="Malawi">Malawi</option>
<option value="Maldives">Maldives</option>
<option value="Mali">Mali</option>
<option value="Malta">Malta</option>
<option value="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="Martinique">Martinique</option>
<option value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option>
<option value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option>
<option value="Mayotte">Mayotte</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
<option value="Midway Islands">Midway Islands</option>
<option value="Moldova">Moldova</option>
<option value="Monaco">Monaco</option>
<option value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option>
<option value="Montserrat">Montserrat</option>
<option value="Morocco">Morocco</option>
<option value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option>
<option value="Myanmar">Myanmar</option>
<option value="Nambia">Nambia</option>
<option value="Nauru">Nauru</option>
<option value="Nepal">Nepal</option>
<option value="Netherland Antilles">Netherland Antilles</option>
<option value="Netherlands">Netherlands (Holland, Europe)</option>
<option value="Nevis">Nevis</option>
<option value="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option>
<option value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="Niger">Niger</option>
<option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option>
<option value="Niue">Niue</option>
<option value="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</option>
<option value="Norway">Norway</option>
<option value="Oman">Oman</option>
<option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</option>
<option value="Palau Island">Palau Island</option>
<option value="Palestine">Palestine</option>
<option value="Panama">Panama</option>
<option value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option>
<option value="Peru">Peru</option>
<option value="Phillipines">Philippines</option>
<option value="Pitcairn Island">Pitcairn Island</option>
<option value="Poland">Poland</option>
<option value="Portugal">Portugal</option>
<option value="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="Qatar">Qatar</option>
<option value="Republic of Montenegro">Republic of Montenegro</option>
<option value="Republic of Serbia">Republic of Serbia</option>
<option value="Reunion">Reunion</option>
<option value="Romania">Romania</option>
<option value="Russia">Russia</option>
<option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</option>
<option value="St Barthelemy">St Barthelemy</option>
<option value="St Eustatius">St Eustatius</option>
<option value="St Helena">St Helena</option>
<option value="St Kitts-Nevis">St Kitts-Nevis</option>
<option value="St Lucia">St Lucia</option>
<option value="St Maarten">St Maarten</option>
<option value="St Pierre & Miquelon">St Pierre & Miquelon</option>
<option value="St Vincent & Grenadines">St Vincent & Grenadines</option>
<option value="Saipan">Saipan</option>
<option value="Samoa">Samoa</option>
<option value="Samoa American">Samoa American</option>
<option value="San Marino">San Marino</option>
<option value="Sao Tome & Principe">Sao Tome & Principe</option>
<option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="Senegal">Senegal</option>
<option value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option>
<option value="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="Singapore">Singapore</option>
<option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option>
<option value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option>
<option value="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="Somalia">Somalia</option>
<option value="South Africa">South Africa</option>
<option value="Spain">Spain</option>
<option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="Sudan">Sudan</option>
<option value="Suriname">Suriname</option>
<option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option>
<option value="Sweden">Sweden</option>
<option value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option>
<option value="Syria">Syria</option>
<option value="Tahiti">Tahiti</option>
<option value="Taiwan">Taiwan</option>
<option value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="Tanzania">Tanzania</option>
<option value="Thailand">Thailand</option>
<option value="Togo">Togo</option>
<option value="Tokelau">Tokelau</option>
<option value="Tonga">Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad & Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option>
<option value="Turkey">Turkey</option>
<option value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="Turks & Caicos Is">Turks & Caicos Is</option>
<option value="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="Uganda">Uganda</option>
<option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option>
<option value="United Arab Erimates">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="United States of America">United States of America</option>
<option value="Uraguay">Uruguay</option>
<option value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</option>
<option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</option>
<option value="Vietnam">Vietnam</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (Brit)">Virgin Islands (Brit)</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (USA)">Virgin Islands (USA)</option>
<option value="Wake Island">Wake Island</option>
<option value="Wallis & Futana Is">Wallis & Futana Is</option>
<option value="Yemen">Yemen</option>
<option value="Zaire">Zaire</option>
<option value="Zambia">Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	PayPal Email*:<br>
			<input type="text" name="paypal_email">
</li>
		
		<li>
	Business*:<br>
			<select name="business">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT registered:<br>
			<select name="vat_registered">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT number:<br>
			<input type="text" name="vat_number">
</li>
		<li>
			<input type="submit" name="reg" id="reg" value="Register">
		</li>
		
	</ul>
</form>

<form name="Back" method="post" action="login.php">
	<ul>
		<li><input type="submit" name="back" id="back" value="Back">
		</li>
	</ul>
</form>
<?php
include 'includes/overall/footer.php';
?>

But still get the

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',' in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/settings.php on line 6

Running this script through a PHP checker also gives the same result

Jacques1 · September 10, 2014

Well, this is not PHP syntax:

 $query = ("SELECT * FROM user WHERE `username` = '$username'",

What's the comma doing there? Why is there an opening parenthesis, and where's the closing parenthesis?

Please check the code line by line to make sure this is actually what you want. You should also install an IDE like Netbeans so that you're immediately informed about syntax errors. This way we don't have to play human debugger.

Paul_Withers · September 10, 2014

Ok, I downloaded NetBeans

<?php
session_start();
require( 'database.php' );

include 'includes/overall/header.php'; 
$username = $_SESSION['loggedinuser'];
$result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT firstname FROM user WHERE username = $username");
// loop through the result set and display the results
$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result) 
$firstname = $row['firstname'];
//free the memory and close the connection
mysqli_free_result($result);
mysqli_close($con);
?>

<form action="settingscheck.php" method="post">
	<ul>
		<li>
			First Name:<br>
			<input type="text" value="<?php echo $firstname ?>" name="firstname" id="firstname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Last Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email Again:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email_again" id="email_again">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 1:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_1" id="address_1">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 2:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_2" id="address_2">
		</li>
		<li>
			Town:<br>
			<input type="text" name="town" id="town">
		</li>
		
		<li>
				County*:<br>
				<select name="county">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="Non-UK">Non UK Resident</option>
<option value="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire </option>
<option value="Anglesey">Anglesey </option>
<option value="Angus">Angus </option>
<option value="Argyllshire">Argyllshire </option>
<option value="Ayrshire">Ayrshire </option>
<option value="Banffshire">Banffshire </option>
<option value="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire </option>
<option value="Berkshire">Berkshire </option>
<option value="Berwickshire">Berwickshire </option>
<option value="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire </option>
<option value="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire </option>
<option value="Buteshire">Buteshire </option>
<option value="Caernarfonshire">Caernarfonshire </option>
<option value="Caithness">Caithness </option>
<option value="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire </option>
<option value="Cardiganshire">Cardiganshire </option>
<option value="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire </option>
<option value="Cheshire">Cheshire </option>
<option value="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire </option>
<option value="Cornwall">Cornwall </option>
<option value="Cromartyshire">Cromartyshire </option>
<option value="Cumberland">Cumberland </option>
<option value="Denbighshire">Denbighshire </option>
<option value="Derbyshire">Derbyshire </option>
<option value="Devon">Devon </option>
<option value="Dorset">Dorset </option>
<option value="Dumfriesshire">Dumfriesshire </option>
<option value="Dunbartonshire">Dunbartonshire </option>
<option value="Durham">Durham </option>
<option value="East Loathian">East Loathian </option>
<option value="Essex">Essex </option>
<option value="Fife">Fife </option>
<option value="Flintshire">Flintshire </option>
<option value="Glamorgan">Glamorgan </option>
<option value="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire </option>
<option value="Hampshire">Hampshire </option>
<option value="Herefordshire">Herefordshire </option>
<option value="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire </option>
<option value="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire </option>
<option value="Inverness-shire">Inverness-shire </option>
<option value="Kent">Kent </option>
<option value="Kincardineshire">Kincardineshire </option>
<option value="Kinross-shire">Kinross-shire </option>
<option value="Kirkcudbrightshire">Kirkcudbrightshire </option>
<option value="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire </option>
<option value="Lancashire">Lancashire </option>
<option value="Leicestershire">Leicestershire </option>
<option value="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire </option>
<option value="Merioneth">Merioneth </option>
<option value="Middlesex">Middlesex </option>
<option value="Midlothian">Midlothian </option>
<option value="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire </option>
<option value="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire </option>
<option value="Morayshire">Morayshire </option>
<option value="Nairnshire">Nairnshire </option>
<option value="Norfolk">Norfolk </option>
<option value="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire </option>
<option value="Northumberland">Northumberland </option>
<option value="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire </option>
<option value="Orkney">Orkney </option>
<option value="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire </option>
<option value="Peeblesshire">Peeblesshire </option>
<option value="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire </option>
<option value="Perthshire">Perthshire </option>
<option value="Radnorshire">Radnorshire </option>
<option value="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire </option>
<option value="Ross-shire">Ross-shire </option>
<option value="Roxburghshire">Roxburghshire </option>
<option value="Rutland">Rutland </option>
<option value="Selkirkshire">Selkirkshire </option>
<option value="Shetland">Shetland </option>
<option value="Shropshire">Shropshire </option>
<option value="Somerset">Somerset </option>
<option value="Staffordshire">Staffordshire </option>
<option value="Stirlingshire">Stirlingshire </option>
<option value="Suffolk">Suffolk </option>
<option value="Surrey">Surrey </option>
<option value="Sussex">Sussex </option>
<option value="Sutherland">Sutherland </option>
<option value="Warwickshire">Warwickshire </option>
<option value="West Lothian">West Lothian </option>
<option value="Westmorland">Westmorland </option>
<option value="Wigtownshire">Wigtownshire </option>
<option value="Wiltshire">Wiltshire </option>
<option value="Worcestershire">Worcestershire </option>
<option value="Yorkshire">Yorkshire </option>
				</select>
			</li>
			
<li>
		Postcode:<br>
			<input type="text" name="postcode" id="postcode">
</li>
		
			<li>
				Country*:<br>
<select name="country">
<option value="">Country...</option>
<option value="Afganistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
<option value="American Samoa">American Samoa</option>
<option value="Andorra">Andorra</option>
<option value="Angola">Angola</option>
<option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option>
<option value="Antigua & Barbuda">Antigua & Barbuda</option>
<option value="Argentina">Argentina</option>
<option value="Armenia">Armenia</option>
<option value="Aruba">Aruba</option>
<option value="Australia">Australia</option>
<option value="Austria">Austria</option>
<option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option>
<option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</option>
<option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="Barbados">Barbados</option>
<option value="Belarus">Belarus</option>
<option value="Belgium">Belgium</option>
<option value="Belize">Belize</option>
<option value="Benin">Benin</option>
<option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option>
<option value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option>
<option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</option>
<option value="Bonaire">Bonaire</option>
<option value="Bosnia & Herzegovina">Bosnia & Herzegovina</option>
<option value="Botswana">Botswana</option>
<option value="Brazil">Brazil</option>
<option value="British Indian Ocean Ter">British Indian Ocean Ter</option>
<option value="Brunei">Brunei</option>
<option value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="Burundi">Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option>
<option value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</option>
<option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="Chad">Chad</option>
<option value="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</option>
<option value="Chile">Chile</option>
<option value="China">China</option>
<option value="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="Cocos Island">Cocos Island</option>
<option value="Colombia">Colombia</option>
<option value="Comoros">Comoros</option>
<option value="Congo">Congo</option>
<option value="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="Cote DIvoire">Cote D'Ivoire</option>
<option value="Croatia">Croatia</option>
<option value="Cuba">Cuba</option>
<option value="Curaco">Curacao</option>
<option value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option>
<option value="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="Denmark">Denmark</option>
<option value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option>
<option value="Dominica">Dominica</option>
<option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="East Timor">East Timor</option>
<option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option>
<option value="Egypt">Egypt</option>
<option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option>
<option value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option>
<option value="Estonia">Estonia</option>
<option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="Fiji">Fiji</option>
<option value="Finland">Finland</option>
<option value="France">France</option>
<option value="French Guiana">French Guiana</option>
<option value="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="French Southern Ter">French Southern Ter</option>
<option value="Gabon">Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia">Gambia</option>
<option value="Georgia">Georgia</option>
<option value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option value="Ghana">Ghana</option>
<option value="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="Great Britain">Great Britain</option>
<option value="Greece">Greece</option>
<option value="Greenland">Greenland</option>
<option value="Grenada">Grenada</option>
<option value="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="Guam">Guam</option>
<option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option>
<option value="Guinea">Guinea</option>
<option value="Guyana">Guyana</option>
<option value="Haiti">Haiti</option>
<option value="Hawaii">Hawaii</option>
<option value="Honduras">Honduras</option>
<option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="Hungary">Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland">Iceland</option>
<option value="India">India</option>
<option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option>
<option value="Iran">Iran</option>
<option value="Iraq">Iraq</option>
<option value="Ireland">Ireland</option>
<option value="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</option>
<option value="Israel">Israel</option>
<option value="Italy">Italy</option>
<option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan">Japan</option>
<option value="Jordan">Jordan</option>
<option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="Kenya">Kenya</option>
<option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</option>
<option value="Korea North">Korea North</option>
<option value="Korea Sout">Korea South</option>
<option value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option>
<option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="Laos">Laos</option>
<option value="Latvia">Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option>
<option value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option>
<option value="Liberia">Liberia</option>
<option value="Libya">Libya</option>
<option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option>
<option value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="Macau">Macau</option>
<option value="Macedonia">Macedonia</option>
<option value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option>
<option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
<option value="Malawi">Malawi</option>
<option value="Maldives">Maldives</option>
<option value="Mali">Mali</option>
<option value="Malta">Malta</option>
<option value="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="Martinique">Martinique</option>
<option value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option>
<option value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option>
<option value="Mayotte">Mayotte</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
<option value="Midway Islands">Midway Islands</option>
<option value="Moldova">Moldova</option>
<option value="Monaco">Monaco</option>
<option value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option>
<option value="Montserrat">Montserrat</option>
<option value="Morocco">Morocco</option>
<option value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option>
<option value="Myanmar">Myanmar</option>
<option value="Nambia">Nambia</option>
<option value="Nauru">Nauru</option>
<option value="Nepal">Nepal</option>
<option value="Netherland Antilles">Netherland Antilles</option>
<option value="Netherlands">Netherlands (Holland, Europe)</option>
<option value="Nevis">Nevis</option>
<option value="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option>
<option value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="Niger">Niger</option>
<option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option>
<option value="Niue">Niue</option>
<option value="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</option>
<option value="Norway">Norway</option>
<option value="Oman">Oman</option>
<option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</option>
<option value="Palau Island">Palau Island</option>
<option value="Palestine">Palestine</option>
<option value="Panama">Panama</option>
<option value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option>
<option value="Peru">Peru</option>
<option value="Phillipines">Philippines</option>
<option value="Pitcairn Island">Pitcairn Island</option>
<option value="Poland">Poland</option>
<option value="Portugal">Portugal</option>
<option value="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="Qatar">Qatar</option>
<option value="Republic of Montenegro">Republic of Montenegro</option>
<option value="Republic of Serbia">Republic of Serbia</option>
<option value="Reunion">Reunion</option>
<option value="Romania">Romania</option>
<option value="Russia">Russia</option>
<option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</option>
<option value="St Barthelemy">St Barthelemy</option>
<option value="St Eustatius">St Eustatius</option>
<option value="St Helena">St Helena</option>
<option value="St Kitts-Nevis">St Kitts-Nevis</option>
<option value="St Lucia">St Lucia</option>
<option value="St Maarten">St Maarten</option>
<option value="St Pierre & Miquelon">St Pierre & Miquelon</option>
<option value="St Vincent & Grenadines">St Vincent & Grenadines</option>
<option value="Saipan">Saipan</option>
<option value="Samoa">Samoa</option>
<option value="Samoa American">Samoa American</option>
<option value="San Marino">San Marino</option>
<option value="Sao Tome & Principe">Sao Tome & Principe</option>
<option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="Senegal">Senegal</option>
<option value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option>
<option value="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="Singapore">Singapore</option>
<option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option>
<option value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option>
<option value="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="Somalia">Somalia</option>
<option value="South Africa">South Africa</option>
<option value="Spain">Spain</option>
<option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="Sudan">Sudan</option>
<option value="Suriname">Suriname</option>
<option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option>
<option value="Sweden">Sweden</option>
<option value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option>
<option value="Syria">Syria</option>
<option value="Tahiti">Tahiti</option>
<option value="Taiwan">Taiwan</option>
<option value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="Tanzania">Tanzania</option>
<option value="Thailand">Thailand</option>
<option value="Togo">Togo</option>
<option value="Tokelau">Tokelau</option>
<option value="Tonga">Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad & Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option>
<option value="Turkey">Turkey</option>
<option value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="Turks & Caicos Is">Turks & Caicos Is</option>
<option value="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="Uganda">Uganda</option>
<option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option>
<option value="United Arab Erimates">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="United States of America">United States of America</option>
<option value="Uraguay">Uruguay</option>
<option value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</option>
<option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</option>
<option value="Vietnam">Vietnam</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (Brit)">Virgin Islands (Brit)</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (USA)">Virgin Islands (USA)</option>
<option value="Wake Island">Wake Island</option>
<option value="Wallis & Futana Is">Wallis & Futana Is</option>
<option value="Yemen">Yemen</option>
<option value="Zaire">Zaire</option>
<option value="Zambia">Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	PayPal Email*:<br>
			<input type="text" name="paypal_email">
</li>
		
		<li>
	Business*:<br>
			<select name="business">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT registered:<br>
			<select name="vat_registered">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT number:<br>
			<input type="text" name="vat_number">
</li>
		<li>
			<input type="submit" name="reg" id="reg" value="Register">
		</li>
		
	</ul>
</form>

<form name="Back" method="post" action="login.php">
	<ul>
		<li><input type="submit" name="back" id="back" value="Back">
		</li>
	</ul>
</form>
<?php
}
include 'includes/overall/footer.php';
?>

But get this error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$firstname' (T_VARIABLE) in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/settings.php on line 10

CroNiX · September 10, 2014

And what does that tell you? You have a syntax error on line 10 (hint, usually the error is on that line, or the one right before it).

Paul_Withers · September 10, 2014

Yeah I can see that, but don't know how to fix it to whether i have done something wrong. i have tried several ways and keep getting errors no matter what I try.

jazzman1 · September 10, 2014

Add a semicolon at the end - $row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)

Paul_Withers · September 11, 2014

Hi Jazzman, I done that and now get this error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/settings.php on line 9

Here is what I got

<?php
session_start();
require( 'database.php' );

include 'includes/overall/header.php'; 
$username = $_SESSION['loggedinuser'];
$result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = $username");
// loop through the result set and display the results
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
){
$firstname = $row['firstname'];
//free the memory and close the connection

?>

<form action="settingscheck.php" method="post">
	<ul>
		<li>
			First Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="<?php echo $firstname ?>" id="firstname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Last Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email Again:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email_again" id="email_again">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 1:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_1" id="address_1">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 2:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_2" id="address_2">
		</li>
		<li>
			Town:<br>
			<input type="text" name="town" id="town">
		</li>
		
		<li>
				County*:<br>
				<select name="county">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="Non-UK">Non UK Resident</option>
<option value="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire </option>
<option value="Anglesey">Anglesey </option>
<option value="Angus">Angus </option>
<option value="Argyllshire">Argyllshire </option>
<option value="Ayrshire">Ayrshire </option>
<option value="Banffshire">Banffshire </option>
<option value="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire </option>
<option value="Berkshire">Berkshire </option>
<option value="Berwickshire">Berwickshire </option>
<option value="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire </option>
<option value="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire </option>
<option value="Buteshire">Buteshire </option>
<option value="Caernarfonshire">Caernarfonshire </option>
<option value="Caithness">Caithness </option>
<option value="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire </option>
<option value="Cardiganshire">Cardiganshire </option>
<option value="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire </option>
<option value="Cheshire">Cheshire </option>
<option value="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire </option>
<option value="Cornwall">Cornwall </option>
<option value="Cromartyshire">Cromartyshire </option>
<option value="Cumberland">Cumberland </option>
<option value="Denbighshire">Denbighshire </option>
<option value="Derbyshire">Derbyshire </option>
<option value="Devon">Devon </option>
<option value="Dorset">Dorset </option>
<option value="Dumfriesshire">Dumfriesshire </option>
<option value="Dunbartonshire">Dunbartonshire </option>
<option value="Durham">Durham </option>
<option value="East Loathian">East Loathian </option>
<option value="Essex">Essex </option>
<option value="Fife">Fife </option>
<option value="Flintshire">Flintshire </option>
<option value="Glamorgan">Glamorgan </option>
<option value="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire </option>
<option value="Hampshire">Hampshire </option>
<option value="Herefordshire">Herefordshire </option>
<option value="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire </option>
<option value="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire </option>
<option value="Inverness-shire">Inverness-shire </option>
<option value="Kent">Kent </option>
<option value="Kincardineshire">Kincardineshire </option>
<option value="Kinross-shire">Kinross-shire </option>
<option value="Kirkcudbrightshire">Kirkcudbrightshire </option>
<option value="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire </option>
<option value="Lancashire">Lancashire </option>
<option value="Leicestershire">Leicestershire </option>
<option value="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire </option>
<option value="Merioneth">Merioneth </option>
<option value="Middlesex">Middlesex </option>
<option value="Midlothian">Midlothian </option>
<option value="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire </option>
<option value="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire </option>
<option value="Morayshire">Morayshire </option>
<option value="Nairnshire">Nairnshire </option>
<option value="Norfolk">Norfolk </option>
<option value="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire </option>
<option value="Northumberland">Northumberland </option>
<option value="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire </option>
<option value="Orkney">Orkney </option>
<option value="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire </option>
<option value="Peeblesshire">Peeblesshire </option>
<option value="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire </option>
<option value="Perthshire">Perthshire </option>
<option value="Radnorshire">Radnorshire </option>
<option value="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire </option>
<option value="Ross-shire">Ross-shire </option>
<option value="Roxburghshire">Roxburghshire </option>
<option value="Rutland">Rutland </option>
<option value="Selkirkshire">Selkirkshire </option>
<option value="Shetland">Shetland </option>
<option value="Shropshire">Shropshire </option>
<option value="Somerset">Somerset </option>
<option value="Staffordshire">Staffordshire </option>
<option value="Stirlingshire">Stirlingshire </option>
<option value="Suffolk">Suffolk </option>
<option value="Surrey">Surrey </option>
<option value="Sussex">Sussex </option>
<option value="Sutherland">Sutherland </option>
<option value="Warwickshire">Warwickshire </option>
<option value="West Lothian">West Lothian </option>
<option value="Westmorland">Westmorland </option>
<option value="Wigtownshire">Wigtownshire </option>
<option value="Wiltshire">Wiltshire </option>
<option value="Worcestershire">Worcestershire </option>
<option value="Yorkshire">Yorkshire </option>
				</select>
			</li>
			
<li>
		Postcode:<br>
			<input type="text" name="postcode" id="postcode">
</li>
		
			<li>
				Country*:<br>
<select name="country">
<option value="">Country...</option>
<option value="Afganistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
<option value="American Samoa">American Samoa</option>
<option value="Andorra">Andorra</option>
<option value="Angola">Angola</option>
<option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option>
<option value="Antigua & Barbuda">Antigua & Barbuda</option>
<option value="Argentina">Argentina</option>
<option value="Armenia">Armenia</option>
<option value="Aruba">Aruba</option>
<option value="Australia">Australia</option>
<option value="Austria">Austria</option>
<option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option>
<option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</option>
<option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="Barbados">Barbados</option>
<option value="Belarus">Belarus</option>
<option value="Belgium">Belgium</option>
<option value="Belize">Belize</option>
<option value="Benin">Benin</option>
<option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option>
<option value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option>
<option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</option>
<option value="Bonaire">Bonaire</option>
<option value="Bosnia & Herzegovina">Bosnia & Herzegovina</option>
<option value="Botswana">Botswana</option>
<option value="Brazil">Brazil</option>
<option value="British Indian Ocean Ter">British Indian Ocean Ter</option>
<option value="Brunei">Brunei</option>
<option value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="Burundi">Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option>
<option value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</option>
<option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="Chad">Chad</option>
<option value="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</option>
<option value="Chile">Chile</option>
<option value="China">China</option>
<option value="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="Cocos Island">Cocos Island</option>
<option value="Colombia">Colombia</option>
<option value="Comoros">Comoros</option>
<option value="Congo">Congo</option>
<option value="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="Cote DIvoire">Cote D'Ivoire</option>
<option value="Croatia">Croatia</option>
<option value="Cuba">Cuba</option>
<option value="Curaco">Curacao</option>
<option value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option>
<option value="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="Denmark">Denmark</option>
<option value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option>
<option value="Dominica">Dominica</option>
<option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="East Timor">East Timor</option>
<option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option>
<option value="Egypt">Egypt</option>
<option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option>
<option value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option>
<option value="Estonia">Estonia</option>
<option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="Fiji">Fiji</option>
<option value="Finland">Finland</option>
<option value="France">France</option>
<option value="French Guiana">French Guiana</option>
<option value="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="French Southern Ter">French Southern Ter</option>
<option value="Gabon">Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia">Gambia</option>
<option value="Georgia">Georgia</option>
<option value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option value="Ghana">Ghana</option>
<option value="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="Great Britain">Great Britain</option>
<option value="Greece">Greece</option>
<option value="Greenland">Greenland</option>
<option value="Grenada">Grenada</option>
<option value="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="Guam">Guam</option>
<option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option>
<option value="Guinea">Guinea</option>
<option value="Guyana">Guyana</option>
<option value="Haiti">Haiti</option>
<option value="Hawaii">Hawaii</option>
<option value="Honduras">Honduras</option>
<option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="Hungary">Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland">Iceland</option>
<option value="India">India</option>
<option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option>
<option value="Iran">Iran</option>
<option value="Iraq">Iraq</option>
<option value="Ireland">Ireland</option>
<option value="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</option>
<option value="Israel">Israel</option>
<option value="Italy">Italy</option>
<option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan">Japan</option>
<option value="Jordan">Jordan</option>
<option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="Kenya">Kenya</option>
<option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</option>
<option value="Korea North">Korea North</option>
<option value="Korea Sout">Korea South</option>
<option value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option>
<option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="Laos">Laos</option>
<option value="Latvia">Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option>
<option value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option>
<option value="Liberia">Liberia</option>
<option value="Libya">Libya</option>
<option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option>
<option value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="Macau">Macau</option>
<option value="Macedonia">Macedonia</option>
<option value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option>
<option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
<option value="Malawi">Malawi</option>
<option value="Maldives">Maldives</option>
<option value="Mali">Mali</option>
<option value="Malta">Malta</option>
<option value="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="Martinique">Martinique</option>
<option value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option>
<option value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option>
<option value="Mayotte">Mayotte</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
<option value="Midway Islands">Midway Islands</option>
<option value="Moldova">Moldova</option>
<option value="Monaco">Monaco</option>
<option value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option>
<option value="Montserrat">Montserrat</option>
<option value="Morocco">Morocco</option>
<option value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option>
<option value="Myanmar">Myanmar</option>
<option value="Nambia">Nambia</option>
<option value="Nauru">Nauru</option>
<option value="Nepal">Nepal</option>
<option value="Netherland Antilles">Netherland Antilles</option>
<option value="Netherlands">Netherlands (Holland, Europe)</option>
<option value="Nevis">Nevis</option>
<option value="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option>
<option value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="Niger">Niger</option>
<option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option>
<option value="Niue">Niue</option>
<option value="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</option>
<option value="Norway">Norway</option>
<option value="Oman">Oman</option>
<option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</option>
<option value="Palau Island">Palau Island</option>
<option value="Palestine">Palestine</option>
<option value="Panama">Panama</option>
<option value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option>
<option value="Peru">Peru</option>
<option value="Phillipines">Philippines</option>
<option value="Pitcairn Island">Pitcairn Island</option>
<option value="Poland">Poland</option>
<option value="Portugal">Portugal</option>
<option value="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="Qatar">Qatar</option>
<option value="Republic of Montenegro">Republic of Montenegro</option>
<option value="Republic of Serbia">Republic of Serbia</option>
<option value="Reunion">Reunion</option>
<option value="Romania">Romania</option>
<option value="Russia">Russia</option>
<option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</option>
<option value="St Barthelemy">St Barthelemy</option>
<option value="St Eustatius">St Eustatius</option>
<option value="St Helena">St Helena</option>
<option value="St Kitts-Nevis">St Kitts-Nevis</option>
<option value="St Lucia">St Lucia</option>
<option value="St Maarten">St Maarten</option>
<option value="St Pierre & Miquelon">St Pierre & Miquelon</option>
<option value="St Vincent & Grenadines">St Vincent & Grenadines</option>
<option value="Saipan">Saipan</option>
<option value="Samoa">Samoa</option>
<option value="Samoa American">Samoa American</option>
<option value="San Marino">San Marino</option>
<option value="Sao Tome & Principe">Sao Tome & Principe</option>
<option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="Senegal">Senegal</option>
<option value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option>
<option value="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="Singapore">Singapore</option>
<option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option>
<option value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option>
<option value="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="Somalia">Somalia</option>
<option value="South Africa">South Africa</option>
<option value="Spain">Spain</option>
<option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="Sudan">Sudan</option>
<option value="Suriname">Suriname</option>
<option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option>
<option value="Sweden">Sweden</option>
<option value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option>
<option value="Syria">Syria</option>
<option value="Tahiti">Tahiti</option>
<option value="Taiwan">Taiwan</option>
<option value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="Tanzania">Tanzania</option>
<option value="Thailand">Thailand</option>
<option value="Togo">Togo</option>
<option value="Tokelau">Tokelau</option>
<option value="Tonga">Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad & Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option>
<option value="Turkey">Turkey</option>
<option value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="Turks & Caicos Is">Turks & Caicos Is</option>
<option value="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="Uganda">Uganda</option>
<option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option>
<option value="United Arab Erimates">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="United States of America">United States of America</option>
<option value="Uraguay">Uruguay</option>
<option value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</option>
<option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</option>
<option value="Vietnam">Vietnam</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (Brit)">Virgin Islands (Brit)</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (USA)">Virgin Islands (USA)</option>
<option value="Wake Island">Wake Island</option>
<option value="Wallis & Futana Is">Wallis & Futana Is</option>
<option value="Yemen">Yemen</option>
<option value="Zaire">Zaire</option>
<option value="Zambia">Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	PayPal Email*:<br>
			<input type="text" name="paypal_email">
</li>
		
		<li>
	Business*:<br>
			<select name="business">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT registered:<br>
			<select name="vat_registered">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT number:<br>
			<input type="text" name="vat_number">
</li>
		<li>
			<input type="submit" name="reg" id="reg" value="Register">
		</li>
		
	</ul>
</form>

<form name="Back" method="post" action="login.php">
	<ul>
		<li><input type="submit" name="back" id="back" value="Back">
		</li>
	</ul>
</form>
<?php
}
mysqli_free_result($result);
mysqli_close($con);

include 'includes/overall/footer.php';
?>

:confused:

Paul_Withers · September 11, 2014

I have changed it to this, and all works great

<?php
session_start();
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');

require( 'database.php' );

include 'includes/overall/header.php'; 
$username = $_SESSION['loggedinuser'];
$result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = '$username'");
// loop through the result set and display the results
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)
){
$firstname = $row['firstname'];
//free the memory and close the connection

?>

<form action="settingscheck.php" method="post">
	<ul>
		<li>
			First Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name = "firstname" value="<?php echo $firstname ?>" id="firstname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Last Name:<br>
			<input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
		</li>
		<li>
			Email Again:<br>
			<input type="text" name="email_again" id="email_again">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 1:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_1" id="address_1">
		</li>
		<li>
			Address Line 2:<br>
			<input type="text" name="address_2" id="address_2">
		</li>
		<li>
			Town:<br>
			<input type="text" name="town" id="town">
		</li>
		
		<li>
				County*:<br>
				<select name="county">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="Non-UK">Non UK Resident</option>
<option value="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire </option>
<option value="Anglesey">Anglesey </option>
<option value="Angus">Angus </option>
<option value="Argyllshire">Argyllshire </option>
<option value="Ayrshire">Ayrshire </option>
<option value="Banffshire">Banffshire </option>
<option value="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire </option>
<option value="Berkshire">Berkshire </option>
<option value="Berwickshire">Berwickshire </option>
<option value="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire </option>
<option value="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire </option>
<option value="Buteshire">Buteshire </option>
<option value="Caernarfonshire">Caernarfonshire </option>
<option value="Caithness">Caithness </option>
<option value="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire </option>
<option value="Cardiganshire">Cardiganshire </option>
<option value="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire </option>
<option value="Cheshire">Cheshire </option>
<option value="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire </option>
<option value="Cornwall">Cornwall </option>
<option value="Cromartyshire">Cromartyshire </option>
<option value="Cumberland">Cumberland </option>
<option value="Denbighshire">Denbighshire </option>
<option value="Derbyshire">Derbyshire </option>
<option value="Devon">Devon </option>
<option value="Dorset">Dorset </option>
<option value="Dumfriesshire">Dumfriesshire </option>
<option value="Dunbartonshire">Dunbartonshire </option>
<option value="Durham">Durham </option>
<option value="East Loathian">East Loathian </option>
<option value="Essex">Essex </option>
<option value="Fife">Fife </option>
<option value="Flintshire">Flintshire </option>
<option value="Glamorgan">Glamorgan </option>
<option value="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire </option>
<option value="Hampshire">Hampshire </option>
<option value="Herefordshire">Herefordshire </option>
<option value="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire </option>
<option value="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire </option>
<option value="Inverness-shire">Inverness-shire </option>
<option value="Kent">Kent </option>
<option value="Kincardineshire">Kincardineshire </option>
<option value="Kinross-shire">Kinross-shire </option>
<option value="Kirkcudbrightshire">Kirkcudbrightshire </option>
<option value="Lanarkshire">Lanarkshire </option>
<option value="Lancashire">Lancashire </option>
<option value="Leicestershire">Leicestershire </option>
<option value="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire </option>
<option value="Merioneth">Merioneth </option>
<option value="Middlesex">Middlesex </option>
<option value="Midlothian">Midlothian </option>
<option value="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire </option>
<option value="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire </option>
<option value="Morayshire">Morayshire </option>
<option value="Nairnshire">Nairnshire </option>
<option value="Norfolk">Norfolk </option>
<option value="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire </option>
<option value="Northumberland">Northumberland </option>
<option value="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire </option>
<option value="Orkney">Orkney </option>
<option value="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire </option>
<option value="Peeblesshire">Peeblesshire </option>
<option value="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire </option>
<option value="Perthshire">Perthshire </option>
<option value="Radnorshire">Radnorshire </option>
<option value="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire </option>
<option value="Ross-shire">Ross-shire </option>
<option value="Roxburghshire">Roxburghshire </option>
<option value="Rutland">Rutland </option>
<option value="Selkirkshire">Selkirkshire </option>
<option value="Shetland">Shetland </option>
<option value="Shropshire">Shropshire </option>
<option value="Somerset">Somerset </option>
<option value="Staffordshire">Staffordshire </option>
<option value="Stirlingshire">Stirlingshire </option>
<option value="Suffolk">Suffolk </option>
<option value="Surrey">Surrey </option>
<option value="Sussex">Sussex </option>
<option value="Sutherland">Sutherland </option>
<option value="Warwickshire">Warwickshire </option>
<option value="West Lothian">West Lothian </option>
<option value="Westmorland">Westmorland </option>
<option value="Wigtownshire">Wigtownshire </option>
<option value="Wiltshire">Wiltshire </option>
<option value="Worcestershire">Worcestershire </option>
<option value="Yorkshire">Yorkshire </option>
				</select>
			</li>
			
<li>
		Postcode:<br>
			<input type="text" name="postcode" id="postcode">
</li>
		
			<li>
				Country*:<br>
<select name="country">
<option value="">Country...</option>
<option value="Afganistan">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="Albania">Albania</option>
<option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
<option value="American Samoa">American Samoa</option>
<option value="Andorra">Andorra</option>
<option value="Angola">Angola</option>
<option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option>
<option value="Antigua & Barbuda">Antigua & Barbuda</option>
<option value="Argentina">Argentina</option>
<option value="Armenia">Armenia</option>
<option value="Aruba">Aruba</option>
<option value="Australia">Australia</option>
<option value="Austria">Austria</option>
<option value="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="Bahamas">Bahamas</option>
<option value="Bahrain">Bahrain</option>
<option value="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="Barbados">Barbados</option>
<option value="Belarus">Belarus</option>
<option value="Belgium">Belgium</option>
<option value="Belize">Belize</option>
<option value="Benin">Benin</option>
<option value="Bermuda">Bermuda</option>
<option value="Bhutan">Bhutan</option>
<option value="Bolivia">Bolivia</option>
<option value="Bonaire">Bonaire</option>
<option value="Bosnia & Herzegovina">Bosnia & Herzegovina</option>
<option value="Botswana">Botswana</option>
<option value="Brazil">Brazil</option>
<option value="British Indian Ocean Ter">British Indian Ocean Ter</option>
<option value="Brunei">Brunei</option>
<option value="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="Burundi">Burundi</option>
<option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option>
<option value="Cameroon">Cameroon</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</option>
<option value="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="Chad">Chad</option>
<option value="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</option>
<option value="Chile">Chile</option>
<option value="China">China</option>
<option value="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="Cocos Island">Cocos Island</option>
<option value="Colombia">Colombia</option>
<option value="Comoros">Comoros</option>
<option value="Congo">Congo</option>
<option value="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="Cote DIvoire">Cote D'Ivoire</option>
<option value="Croatia">Croatia</option>
<option value="Cuba">Cuba</option>
<option value="Curaco">Curacao</option>
<option value="Cyprus">Cyprus</option>
<option value="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="Denmark">Denmark</option>
<option value="Djibouti">Djibouti</option>
<option value="Dominica">Dominica</option>
<option value="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="East Timor">East Timor</option>
<option value="Ecuador">Ecuador</option>
<option value="Egypt">Egypt</option>
<option value="El Salvador">El Salvador</option>
<option value="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="Eritrea">Eritrea</option>
<option value="Estonia">Estonia</option>
<option value="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="Fiji">Fiji</option>
<option value="Finland">Finland</option>
<option value="France">France</option>
<option value="French Guiana">French Guiana</option>
<option value="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="French Southern Ter">French Southern Ter</option>
<option value="Gabon">Gabon</option>
<option value="Gambia">Gambia</option>
<option value="Georgia">Georgia</option>
<option value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option value="Ghana">Ghana</option>
<option value="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="Great Britain">Great Britain</option>
<option value="Greece">Greece</option>
<option value="Greenland">Greenland</option>
<option value="Grenada">Grenada</option>
<option value="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="Guam">Guam</option>
<option value="Guatemala">Guatemala</option>
<option value="Guinea">Guinea</option>
<option value="Guyana">Guyana</option>
<option value="Haiti">Haiti</option>
<option value="Hawaii">Hawaii</option>
<option value="Honduras">Honduras</option>
<option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="Hungary">Hungary</option>
<option value="Iceland">Iceland</option>
<option value="India">India</option>
<option value="Indonesia">Indonesia</option>
<option value="Iran">Iran</option>
<option value="Iraq">Iraq</option>
<option value="Ireland">Ireland</option>
<option value="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</option>
<option value="Israel">Israel</option>
<option value="Italy">Italy</option>
<option value="Jamaica">Jamaica</option>
<option value="Japan">Japan</option>
<option value="Jordan">Jordan</option>
<option value="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="Kenya">Kenya</option>
<option value="Kiribati">Kiribati</option>
<option value="Korea North">Korea North</option>
<option value="Korea Sout">Korea South</option>
<option value="Kuwait">Kuwait</option>
<option value="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="Laos">Laos</option>
<option value="Latvia">Latvia</option>
<option value="Lebanon">Lebanon</option>
<option value="Lesotho">Lesotho</option>
<option value="Liberia">Liberia</option>
<option value="Libya">Libya</option>
<option value="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="Lithuania">Lithuania</option>
<option value="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="Macau">Macau</option>
<option value="Macedonia">Macedonia</option>
<option value="Madagascar">Madagascar</option>
<option value="Malaysia">Malaysia</option>
<option value="Malawi">Malawi</option>
<option value="Maldives">Maldives</option>
<option value="Mali">Mali</option>
<option value="Malta">Malta</option>
<option value="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="Martinique">Martinique</option>
<option value="Mauritania">Mauritania</option>
<option value="Mauritius">Mauritius</option>
<option value="Mayotte">Mayotte</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
<option value="Midway Islands">Midway Islands</option>
<option value="Moldova">Moldova</option>
<option value="Monaco">Monaco</option>
<option value="Mongolia">Mongolia</option>
<option value="Montserrat">Montserrat</option>
<option value="Morocco">Morocco</option>
<option value="Mozambique">Mozambique</option>
<option value="Myanmar">Myanmar</option>
<option value="Nambia">Nambia</option>
<option value="Nauru">Nauru</option>
<option value="Nepal">Nepal</option>
<option value="Netherland Antilles">Netherland Antilles</option>
<option value="Netherlands">Netherlands (Holland, Europe)</option>
<option value="Nevis">Nevis</option>
<option value="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="New Zealand">New Zealand</option>
<option value="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="Niger">Niger</option>
<option value="Nigeria">Nigeria</option>
<option value="Niue">Niue</option>
<option value="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</option>
<option value="Norway">Norway</option>
<option value="Oman">Oman</option>
<option value="Pakistan">Pakistan</option>
<option value="Palau Island">Palau Island</option>
<option value="Palestine">Palestine</option>
<option value="Panama">Panama</option>
<option value="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="Paraguay">Paraguay</option>
<option value="Peru">Peru</option>
<option value="Phillipines">Philippines</option>
<option value="Pitcairn Island">Pitcairn Island</option>
<option value="Poland">Poland</option>
<option value="Portugal">Portugal</option>
<option value="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="Qatar">Qatar</option>
<option value="Republic of Montenegro">Republic of Montenegro</option>
<option value="Republic of Serbia">Republic of Serbia</option>
<option value="Reunion">Reunion</option>
<option value="Romania">Romania</option>
<option value="Russia">Russia</option>
<option value="Rwanda">Rwanda</option>
<option value="St Barthelemy">St Barthelemy</option>
<option value="St Eustatius">St Eustatius</option>
<option value="St Helena">St Helena</option>
<option value="St Kitts-Nevis">St Kitts-Nevis</option>
<option value="St Lucia">St Lucia</option>
<option value="St Maarten">St Maarten</option>
<option value="St Pierre & Miquelon">St Pierre & Miquelon</option>
<option value="St Vincent & Grenadines">St Vincent & Grenadines</option>
<option value="Saipan">Saipan</option>
<option value="Samoa">Samoa</option>
<option value="Samoa American">Samoa American</option>
<option value="San Marino">San Marino</option>
<option value="Sao Tome & Principe">Sao Tome & Principe</option>
<option value="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="Senegal">Senegal</option>
<option value="Seychelles">Seychelles</option>
<option value="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="Singapore">Singapore</option>
<option value="Slovakia">Slovakia</option>
<option value="Slovenia">Slovenia</option>
<option value="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="Somalia">Somalia</option>
<option value="South Africa">South Africa</option>
<option value="Spain">Spain</option>
<option value="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="Sudan">Sudan</option>
<option value="Suriname">Suriname</option>
<option value="Swaziland">Swaziland</option>
<option value="Sweden">Sweden</option>
<option value="Switzerland">Switzerland</option>
<option value="Syria">Syria</option>
<option value="Tahiti">Tahiti</option>
<option value="Taiwan">Taiwan</option>
<option value="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="Tanzania">Tanzania</option>
<option value="Thailand">Thailand</option>
<option value="Togo">Togo</option>
<option value="Tokelau">Tokelau</option>
<option value="Tonga">Tonga</option>
<option value="Trinidad & Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago</option>
<option value="Tunisia">Tunisia</option>
<option value="Turkey">Turkey</option>
<option value="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="Turks & Caicos Is">Turks & Caicos Is</option>
<option value="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="Uganda">Uganda</option>
<option value="Ukraine">Ukraine</option>
<option value="United Arab Erimates">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="United States of America">United States of America</option>
<option value="Uraguay">Uruguay</option>
<option value="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</option>
<option value="Venezuela">Venezuela</option>
<option value="Vietnam">Vietnam</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (Brit)">Virgin Islands (Brit)</option>
<option value="Virgin Islands (USA)">Virgin Islands (USA)</option>
<option value="Wake Island">Wake Island</option>
<option value="Wallis & Futana Is">Wallis & Futana Is</option>
<option value="Yemen">Yemen</option>
<option value="Zaire">Zaire</option>
<option value="Zambia">Zambia</option>
<option value="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	PayPal Email*:<br>
			<input type="text" name="paypal_email">
</li>
		
		<li>
	Business*:<br>
			<select name="business">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT registered:<br>
			<select name="vat_registered">
<option value="">Please Choose...</option>
<option value="Yes">Yes</option>
<option value="No">No</option>
</select>
</li>

<li>
	VAT number:<br>
			<input type="text" name="vat_number">
</li>
		<li>
			<input type="submit" name="reg" id="reg" value="Register">
		</li>
		
	</ul>
</form>

<form name="Back" method="post" action="login.php">
	<ul>
		<li><input type="submit" name="back" id="back" value="Back">
		</li>
	</ul>
</form>
<?php
}
mysqli_free_result($result);
mysqli_close($con);

include 'includes/overall/footer.php';
?>

Thanks for everyones help

jazzman1 · September 11, 2014

Are you still using NetBeans? There is a format function formatting code to be more readable. The short command is Alt+Shift+F. The following doesn't look nice and it's not into a human readable format. Remember, we are not machines

while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)
){

.......

Edited September 11, 2014 by jazzman1

Paul_Withers · September 11, 2014

Another quick question on this topic. How do I display the users current details in a select field?

If the input type is text

<input type="text" name="firstname" value="<?php echo $firstname ?>" id="firstname">

but when trying this in a select menu it does not work.

How can I get the users current info to display in a select menu?

jazzman1 · September 11, 2014

According your html input field, your user select list could be something like:

<select name="user_list">
<option value="<?php echo $firstname ?>"><?php echo $firstname; ?></option>
</select>

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