[SOLVED] If Error, carry HTML Form Data to $PHP_SELF???

[jasonstairs]

Hello,

 

I have an HTML Form with PHP code that verifies the input data and then enters the data into a MySQL table upon hitting the submit button, after which the page reloads due to the form action = "<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>.

 

Here is the form code:

<!--Start the form...-->
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>" method="post">

<fieldset><legend>Fill out the form to upload a file:</legend>
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="524288">

<p><b>Your Name:  </b><input type="text" name="name" size="40" />(required)</p><br />

<?php // Create the inputs.
for ($i = 0; $i < $counter; $i++) {
	echo '<p><b>File:</b> <input type="file" size="40" name="upload' . $i . '" />(required)</p>

	<p><b>Description:</b><br />
		<textarea name="description' . $i . '" onKeyDown="limitText(this.form.description' . $i . ',this.form.countdown,500);" onKeyUp="limitText(this.form.description' . $i . ',this.form.countdown,500;" cols="40" rows="5">Enter a brief description of your CV here.</textarea><br />
		<font size="3">(Maximum characters: 500)<br />You have <input readonly type="text" size="3" name="countdown" value="500"> characters left.</font></p><br />';
}
?>

<p><b>Postdoc Termination Date (mm/yy):  </b><input type="text" name="TermDate" size = "5" />(required)</p><br />

<p><b>Field:  </b>
	<select name="field">
		<option value ="NULL"></option>
		<option value ="Chemistry">Chemistry</option>
		<option value ="Physics">Physics</option>
	</select>
<b>Discipline:  </b>
	<select name="discipline">
		<option value = ""</option>
		<optgroup label="Chemistry">
			<option value ="Organic">Organic</option>
			<option value ="Physical">Physical</option>
		</optgroup>
		<optgroup label="Physics">
			<option value ="Materials">Materials</option>
			<option value ="Nuclear">Nuclear</option>
		</optgroup>
	</select>
(required)</p><br />

<?php
echo '<p><font color="blue"><b>Enter up to 7 Keywords to describe your CV/technical field so employers can search for and find your CV.</b></font></p>';

for ($j = 0; $j < $keywords; $j++) {
	echo '<p><b>Keyword ' . ($j+1) . ': </b> <input type="text" name="key' . $j . '" size = "40" /></p><br />';
}
?>

</fieldset>
<input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="TRUE" />
<div align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
<input type="reset" name="submit" value="Reset" /></div>

</form>

 

My question is, when the page reloads due to an error in the user input, how can I have the user's data reappear on the ($PHP_SELF) page reload so that they don't have to fill in their data all over again?

 

Can someone please point me in the right direction...example code would be great! 

 

Thanks!

[Caesar]

<?php

  echo'
  <form method="post" action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'">
  
    <table>
      <tr><td><input type="text" name="field1" value="'.$_POST['field1'].'"></td></tr>
      <tr><td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Do It!"></td></tr>
    </table>

  </form>';

?>

[bonaparte]

Hi,

 

You need to use the value attribute in the HTML forms.

 

For example:

<input type="text" name="name" size="40" value="<?php echo $_POST['name'];?>"  />

 

value="<?php echo $_POST['name'];?>"  is what you are looking for. Similarly you need to display the value for all the form fields.

 

 

[jasonstairs]

I tried that but it doesn't seem to be working for me right now.  Also, is it the same for a "textarea" and also what about the "select/optgroups"?  Also, can you set the value for the type="file"?

 

I will keep working on it but anymore information would be appreciated.

 

Thank you.

[jasonstairs]

OK, I was just confused by my own code...trying to do too many things at once, but I got it to work on all fronts.

 

Thank you!