[rpjd]

I am using php to query a postgresql database and assigning the resultant variable to a html form/text field. I am new to php, but have not found anything that describes how this is achieved. I have tried in vain using a combination of php and javascript, without success. Any help/insight appeciated It's probably simple, but to a beginner!

 <input type="text" name="something" value="$php-variable-goes-here"/>

RPJD

[Amadeus]

You'll need to escape the html into php to display the variable. Something like:

<input type="text" name="something" value="<?=$php-variable-goes-here?>"/>

[sandesh_k]

rpjd, on 8 Mar, 2007 - 06:43 AM, said:

I am using php to query a postgresql database and assigning the resultant variable to a html form/text field. I am new to php, but have not found anything that describes how this is achieved. I have tried in vain using a combination of php and javascript, without success. Any help/insight appeciated It's probably simple, but to a beginner!

[code] <input type="text" name="something" value="$php-variable-goes-here"/>[code]


RPJD

try this ,


<input type="text" name="something" value="<?php echo $php-variable-goes-here"/>

[Valek]

Or, for cleaner code:

<?php

echo "<input type='text' name='something' value='{$phpvar}'>";

?>

For readability, it is recommended not to write a big block of HTML with frequent breaks in and out of PHP for variable echoing.