Re: [PHP] Prepopulating form fields afer an error

2005-07-25 Thread Matt Darby 

select name=user
   $_REQUEST['user']==$curr_user?$select=selected:$select=;
   echo(option $select$curr_user/option);
/select

Jack Jackson wrote:


Hi,
I have a form and it does basic error checking after submission; when 
the user omits required fields it kicks back the form with highlighted 
errors telling them the error of their ways.


I've sussed out that by populating the value of the field with 
$fieldvalue I can have that form field populated with the data the 
user *did* enter for that field:


something like

input type=text name=email_address value=?php echo 
$email_address?


That works great. But how can I do the same thing for drop down boxes, 
when they select an option?


I tried the unwieldy,

select name='blah'
 ?php if (!empty(blah)) {
echo option value=';
echo $blah;
echo '
echo $blah;
echo /option\n;
}
   ?


And that, lo and behold, didn't work. Can anyone offer a suggestion?

Thanks in advance
JJ



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Re: [PHP] Prepopulating form fields afer an error

2005-07-25 Thread Mark Cain 

Here's the way I do it:

The following is an HTML code snippet with embedded PHP code for the
intelligence.

select name=shipper
 option value=DHL ? if ($shipped_via == DHL) echo selected;
?DHL
 option value=FedEx ? if ($shipped_via == FedEx) echo selected;
?FedEx
 option value=UPS ? if ($shipped_via == UPS) echo selected;
?UPS
/select




Mark Cain


- Original Message -
From: Jack Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:37 PM
Subject: [PHP] Prepopulating form fields afer an error


 Hi,
 I have a form and it does basic error checking after submission; when
 the user omits required fields it kicks back the form with highlighted
 errors telling them the error of their ways.

 I've sussed out that by populating the value of the field with
 $fieldvalue I can have that form field populated with the data the
 user *did* enter for that field:

 something like

 input type=text name=email_address value=?php echo $email_address?

 That works great. But how can I do the same thing for drop down boxes,
 when they select an option?

 I tried the unwieldy,

 select name='blah'
   ?php if (!empty(blah)) {
  echo option value=';
  echo $blah;
  echo '
  echo $blah;
  echo /option\n;
  }
 ?


 And that, lo and behold, didn't work. Can anyone offer a suggestion?

 Thanks in advance
 JJ

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Re: [PHP] Prepopulating form fields afer an error

2005-07-25 Thread Jack Jackson 

Thanks so much, Mark, Matt and John! I'll play with all those.

Much appreciated,

JJ

Mark Cain wrote:

Here's the way I do it:

The following is an HTML code snippet with embedded PHP code for the
intelligence.

select name=shipper
 option value=DHL ? if ($shipped_via == DHL) echo selected;
?DHL
 option value=FedEx ? if ($shipped_via == FedEx) echo selected;
?FedEx
 option value=UPS ? if ($shipped_via == UPS) echo selected;
?UPS
/select




Mark Cain


- Original Message -
From: Jack Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [php] PHP General List php-general@lists.php.net
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:37 PM
Subject: [PHP] Prepopulating form fields afer an error




Hi,
I have a form and it does basic error checking after submission; when
the user omits required fields it kicks back the form with highlighted
errors telling them the error of their ways.

I've sussed out that by populating the value of the field with
$fieldvalue I can have that form field populated with the data the
user *did* enter for that field:

something like

input type=text name=email_address value=?php echo $email_address?

That works great. But how can I do the same thing for drop down boxes,
when they select an option?

I tried the unwieldy,

select name='blah'
 ?php if (!empty(blah)) {
echo option value=';
echo $blah;
echo '
echo $blah;
echo /option\n;
}
   ?


And that, lo and behold, didn't work. Can anyone offer a suggestion?

Thanks in advance
JJ

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