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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andy B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] php as default "value" in html > > --- Andy B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi... > > > > i have the following html line: > > <input type="text" name="referred" value=<?echo $old['Referred'];?> > > accesskey="d" id="id-referred"> > > the php variable $old['Referred'] was pulled from a mysql table. > > the full string that this variable holds is "I work for you..." but > > when used as a default value in an input text field for html the > > only part that shows up in the form itself is "I". is there > > anything going on that im missing somewhere?? > > > > > > Yes. Perform the subsitution manually. You'll get > <input type="text" name="referred" value=I work for you... > accesskey="d" id="id-referred"> > > You need quotes around the PHP code. > <input type="text" name="referred" value="<?echo $old['Referred'];?>" > accesskey="d" id="id-referred"> > > > > ===== > Mark Weinstock > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *************************************** > You can't demand something as a "right" unless you are willing to fight to death to defend everyone else's right to the same thing. > *************************************** > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
