[SOLVED] Form Textfield value

[adamh91]

hey, i was wondering how i can get the value stored in a variable to show in the textfield, im using this at the moment, but it doesnt seem to work =/

 

at the top of my code:

<?
include 'config.php';
?>

 

the part i need help with:

<input name="textfield" type="text" size="50" value=<?php echo $db_user ?> />

 

$db_user is a variable stored in config.php

thanks

[pocobueno1388]

Try this:

 

<?php
include 'config.php';

echo "<input name=\"textfield\" type=\"text\" size=\"50\" value=\"$db_user\">";

?>

[boo_lolly]

well, poco's got it right, and you've almost got it right. all you need to do is add double quotes around your variable. otherwise, it will only print the variable until it hits a whitespace. so if the name is 'Firstname Lastname", it will only print 'Firstname'.

[cheesycarrion]

<?php
include 'config.php';
echo "<input name=\"textfield\" type=\"text\" size=\"50\" value=\"" . $db_user . "\" />";
?>

 

or you could take your origional approach with double quotes around it like boo_lolly said.

 

<?php include 'config.php'; ?>
<input name="textfield" type="text" size="50" value="<?php echo $db_user; ?>" />

[boo_lolly]

<?php
include 'config.php';
echo "<input name=\"textfield\" type=\"text\" size=\"50\" value=\"" . $db_user . "\" />";
?>

 

or you could take your origional approach with double quotes around it like boo_lolly said.

 

<?php include 'config.php'; ?>
<input name="textfield" type="text" size="50" value="<?php echo $db_user; ?>" />

 

thanks for clarifying. welcome to the forums!

[adamh91]

Thanks guys