Adding quotes around the whole php statement works! I also tried the htmlspecialchars() function, but that did not work. It makes sense because after the preprocess of php, no quotes would be left... it's obvious now :)
Thank you Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, February 13, 2002, at 02:05 PM, Christopher William Wesley wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Steven Walker wrote: > >> <?$name = "Steven Walker"?> >> <form name="form1" method="post" action="infocollect.php"> >> <input type="text" name="name" value=<?echo "$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 > > You need to put quotes around the value. > value="<?echo $name;?>"? > > g.luck, > ~Chris /"\ > \ / September 11, 2001 > X We Are All New Yorkers > / \ rm -rf /bin/laden > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
