Pass PHP session variable into HTML form

Question

I have session variables that are posted from a form on another php page, and I can echo them by using:

<?php $_SESSION['newsletterSignup'] = $_POST['newsletterSignup'];
echo "Email = ". $_SESSION['newsletterSignup'];
?>

But I can't seem to insert these into a HTML form field:

<input type="text" name="email" id="email" size="36" "value="<?php echo $_SESSION['newsletterSignup'];?>" class="text-input" onBlur="emailval()" />

Elaborating Shivan's question: You need session_start() at the beginning of every page. — errieman
– errieman, Commented Apr 5, 2013 at 8:16
As I said, I have no issues with echo'ing the variable on the same page as the form, I just can't get it to echo in the form field — DLO
– DLO, Commented Apr 5, 2013 at 8:18
@DLO do you have session_start() at the top of every page using $_SESSION? — Carlos Campderrós
– Carlos Campderrós, Commented Apr 5, 2013 at 8:28

Kylie · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-05 08:15:53Z

5

This should work...the quote before value was probably screwing it up

<input type="text" name="email" id="email" size="36" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['newsletterSignup'];?>" class="text-input" onBlur="emailval()" />

answered Apr 5, 2013 at 8:15

Kylie

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@DLO - Do you use an editor or IDE with syntax highlighting? It makes those things very easy to spot.

Using Dreamweaver atm, but do have eclipse

Ferdi Duisters · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-05 08:16:09Z

2

you use

<input type="text" name="email" id="email" size="36" "value="<?php echo $_SESSION['newsletterSignup'];?>" class="text-input" onBlur="emailval()" />

A " to many. Here is the fix

<input type="text" name="email" id="email" size="36" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['newsletterSignup'];?>" class="text-input" onBlur="emailval()" />

Also, did you use session_start(); ?

answered Apr 5, 2013 at 8:16

Ferdi Duisters

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