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hi
Ive implemented edit details function but how it works is that when i view the records, there is a link to edit that particular record.
Now that all works fine but when it shows the edit details form, it is empty, is there a way that i can get it to display the information that the record already has and then they can just edit it accordingly rather than having to input all the information again, even the stuff that is already correct?
thanks
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As a very rough example...

This will display the values of first_name, last_name and address fetched from a database table.
When you click submit, it will send the updated information to you_update_script.php, which will then use a mysql UPDATE to set the new values to the appropriate record.

If you need further explaination, let me know.

<code]
<?php
// Connect to your database
// Get the details of the record that you want to edit
?>
<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="your_update_script.php">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="first_name" VALUE="<?php echo '$first_name'; ?>"><br>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="last_name" VALUE="<?php echo '$last_name'; ?>"><br>
<TEXTAREA NAME="address" COLS="35" ROWS="6"><?php echo '$address'; ?><br>
</FORM>
[/code]
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hiya
thanks, i do understand wot ur saying but my form part looks like:

echo '<h2> Edit Customer </h2>
<form action = "edit_cust_details.php" method = "post">
<p>User Name: <input type="text" name ="user_name" size="15" maxlength="15" value"' .$row[0] . '"/></p>
<p>First Name: <input type="text" name ="first_name" size="15" maxlength="15" value"' .$row[1] . '"/></p>
<p>Last Name: <input type="text" name ="last_name" size="15" maxlength="15" value"' .$row[2] . '"/></p>
<p>Email: <input type="text" name ="email" size="15" maxlength="15" value"' .$row[3] . '"/></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /></p>
<input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="TRUE" />
<input type="hidden" name="user_name" value="' . $id . '" />
</form>';

so im not sure how i cud include ur suggestion
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Your HTML is not correct. You need an equals sign, "=", after the word "value".

[code]<?php
echo '<h2> Edit Customer </h2>
<form action = "edit_cust_details.php" method = "post">
<p>User Name: <input type="text" name ="user_name" size="15" maxlength="15" value="' .$row[0] . '"/></p>
<p>First Name: <input type="text" name ="first_name" size="15" maxlength="15" value="' .$row[1] . '"/></p>
<p>Last Name: <input type="text" name ="last_name" size="15" maxlength="15" value="' .$row[2] . '"/></p>
<p>Email: <input type="text" name ="email" size="15" maxlength="15" value="' .$row[3] . '"/></p>
?>[/code]

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