RE: [PHP] re: some problems with php form

On 19 October 2005 19:24, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > <input class="<?PHP if ($error_msg) {echo "error"} else {echo > "normal"}?>" id="firstname" name="firstname" > type="text" value="<?php > echo $_POST['firstname'] ?>"> > > how would I fix this error? > [/snip] > > You are missing several semi-colons; > > <input class="<?PHP if ($error_msg) {echo "error";} else {echo > "normal";}?>" id="firstname" name="firstname" > type="text" Hands up to those two, I didn't check carefully enough!! (Actually, I so seldom use the brace style that I probably just forgot PHP doesn't let you omit that semicolon ;) > value="<?php echo $_POST['firstname']; ?>"> Nope, that one's definitely not necessary -- I actually think it looks ugly, so never put one in just before ?> Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm