On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 13:56, Steven Walker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having trouble setting the value of form elements using variable 
> values. For example:
> 
> <?$name = "Steven Walker"?>
> <form name="form1" method="post" action="infocollect.php">
>       <input type="text" name="name" value=<?echo "$name";?>>
> </form>
> 
> In the browser, the name field is only filled with "Steven", and drops 
> off everything after the space. If I echo $name outside of the form it 
> prints fine.
> 
> Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!

Always quote your HTML attributes. Your code should read:

<? $name = "Steven Walker"; ?>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="infocollect.php">
  <input type="text" name="name" value="<?echo $name;?>">
</form>


Cheers,

Torben

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