php display info in form

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I have a function allowing members to update their personal details when they have logged in, the update page features a form the user will fill in and when the submit button is pressed the deatils are updated. This works fine, I am wanting to display the users current details in the appropriate text filed in the form e.g. the firstname text field will have value "James" and the user can delete this to enter "jim". Is it something to do with adding a value to the form field? My form is shown below.

    <tr>
    <td width="78">Firstname</td>
    <td width="6">:</td>
    <td width="294"><input name="firstname" type="text" id="firstname"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td width="78">Surname</td>
    <td width="6">:</td>
    <td width="294"><input name="surname" type="text" id="surname"></td>
    </tr>

Any help is much appreciated

Three table cells to do what a label/input can do. Awesome.

MetalFrog
– MetalFrog

2012-05-08 17:10:35 +00:00
Commented May 8, 2012 at 17:10 — MetalFrog
– MetalFrog, Commented May 8, 2012 at 17:10

sh03 · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-08 17:05:37Z

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Print value inside the text box.

<input type="text" value="<?php echo $someValue; ?>" />

edited May 8, 2012 at 17:05

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answered May 2, 2012 at 19:54

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user1349359 Over a year ago

@josh i din see your answer before i post.. :(

user1368371 Over a year ago

Thans will i have to declare the variable $firstname like this? $firstname= $row["firstname"];

Bibin Velayudhan Over a year ago

@user1368371 plz accept answer if its useful. Yes you can get value to a variable or you can print it directly inside the value with echo.

Josh · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-02 19:52:30Z

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echo '<input type="text" value="'. $someValue .'" />';

OR

<input type="text" value="<?php echo $someValue; ?>" />

Both obviously require that you be in a .php file, and that $someValue contains the appropriate value to set. Watch out for the double quotes around the value, too. Without them, any spaces will break the value when it's rendered.

answered May 2, 2012 at 19:52

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4 Comments

Kyborek Over a year ago

Your answer is great, could you please add <?= $someValue ?> as third option. I found it perfectly suitable for cases like this one

Josh Over a year ago

@Kyborek: I didn't include that example, because short tags are now deprecated: cubicspot.blogspot.com/2009/06/…

Kyborek Over a year ago

Oh i missed that one, you got a point and thanks for the info.

MetalFrog Over a year ago

@Josh As of 5.4, <?= always works regardless of the short tags directive.

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