[SOLVED] why wont my form pass a space?

[wmguk]

Hey,

 

I have a database and i create a record with $login = "carter n"

 

when i go to edit, it sets $login = "carter" and drops the "n"..

 

how can i stop this happening, while allowing the use of the space?

 

any thoughts?

[wmguk]

can i do something with %20

so it knows to enter it?

[MadTechie]

use

$field = urldecode($_GET['field']);

 

to resolve the encoding issule

urldecode

 

or use post

[wmguk]

hmm, i changed it to post, but its still not right, still not passing the space?

 

any ideas?

[MadTechie]

post some code so i can see what your doing

[wmguk]

<?php
echo "<td width='30'><form name='editdetails' action='editpage/";
echo "$editpage" ;
echo "' method='POST'><input type='hidden' name='login' value=" . $row['login'] . "><input type='submit' class='main' name='Submit' value='Edit' /></form></td>"; ?> 

 

then in the top of the page pulling the info out

 

<?php
$login = $_POST['login'] ;
?>

[MadTechie]

try this

 

<?php
echo "<td width='30'><form name='editdetails' action='editpage/";
echo "$editpage" ;
echo "' method='POST'><input type='hidden' name='login' value='" . $row['login'] . "'><input type='submit' class='main' name='Submit' value='Edit' /></form></td>"; ?> 

 

 

you need the quote the value

[wmguk]

as per normal, excellent response thank you

 

Why did it work for everything, is it just because php is clever and trys to help you out?

[MadTechie]

it works like this (from IE)

 

example 1

<input type='hidden' name='login' value=hello>

Works

example 2

<input type='hidden' value=hello name='login'>

Works

example 3

<input type='hidden' value=hello world name='login'>

technically it still works.. if you look back at example 2 it sends "hello" not "hello name="

so to tell the form its sending the correct data you enclose it in quotes.. like this

 

<input type='hidden' value='hello world' name='login'>

 

 

as a side note i don't think the examples above will work in firefox but will in IE

 

also all of these were  untested..