[SOLVED] Variable with spaces

[GrayFox12]

Hi guys,

 

I wanting to put data from a textfield in a form into a variable which has spaces in it.

 

e.g.

 

$var = 'some data';

 

but all i get when echoing the variable is 'some'  when i want it to display 'some data' as one string.  I need this for inserting and retrieving from my mssql database.

 

Plz Help

[teng84]

impossible can you show a bit of your code :-\

[pocobueno1388]

Do you have a set size set for your input field? It may be cutting it off because the variable length is too long.

[prodigy2k7]

Really? I never have problems with this.

 

I just tried it to play around, mine works fine :S

 

test.php

 

<?

$var = "hello there";

echo $var;

?>

 

^works fine

 

I also used single quotes...still worked fine

 

Edit: Oooh, people r responding, kewl, ill shutup now cuz im a noob

[GrayFox12]

Yea sorry its the size of my input field.  How do u change that?

[GrayFox12]

i change size on my textfield still wont display the full string.  When i echoe it outside of textfield it displays full string.  What?

[teng84]

show a bit of that code?

[noidtluom]

I might not fully understand your question, sorry, but here is my go at answering it:

 

Size? I think you mean maxlength? Size is the width of the input field. Maxlength is the number of characters allowed to be typed in it.

 

Try:

 

<form action='' method='post'>

<input type=text name=test maxlength=200>
<!-- feel free to change 200 I'm just giving an example -->

<input type=submit name=submit value=submit>

<!-- and then (if you want action='' on the same page then just do if(submit). -->
<?php 
$myVarTest=$_POST[test];
// I would recommend you run a security function on this variable though.
echo $myVarTest; 
?>

 

Sorry if my code isn't that neat, it is just a quick example.

[xyn]

removing maxlength will not have a limit.

 

1. can you show your code, then maybe we can see

whats wrong.

[GrayFox12]

<label> Location(Street):

<input name="street" type="text" maxlength=200 id="street" value=<?php echo $LocationStreet ?> />

</label>

 

Only shows name 'tas'  I want it to display 'tas street'.

[marcus]

Just put quotes around the PHP Statement and you should be set.

[Jessica]

You need quotes around the value, like you have for id, type, name, etc. All of those attributes need to be quoted.

[GrayFox12]

Well that was simple.

 

Thankyou for your help