Re: Re: Need help on putting variable into <form>

Andy, I think at one time I tried using double quotes but didn't get good results. If you have time to answer, why the backslash and what the hell is "foo"? ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Ladouceur <SacredSilver@razza.org> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Need help on putting variable into <form> > No problem. > With the space in there, it considered Company as something separate... > -Andy > Hugh Danaher <hdanaher@earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:000801c12f74$62b93020$3907f4d8@win95... > > Andy, > > Thank you. It Works! > > Hugh > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Andy Ladouceur <SacredSilver@razza.org> > > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:35 PM > > Subject: [PHP] Re: Need help on putting variable into <form> > > > > > > > Well,think about it like this: > > > If you did replace $comp name with ABC Company, this is what you'd get: > > > > > > <input type=text size=30 name=comp_name value=ABC Company> > > > > > > Not quite right, eh? This will solve your problem: > > > print "<input type=text size=30 name=comp_name > > > value=\"$comp_name\">"; > > > > > > =) > > > -Andy > > > Hugh Danaher <hdanaher@earthlink.net> wrote in message > > > news:001201c12f71$75a45b40$c1fcb3d1@win95... > > > Help. I have a page with a form with lots of text boxes which can be > > filled > > > with data from a text file. the fopen() and fgets() works, and the text > > > boxes which require numbers have no problems. But, I have text boxes > > which > > > require several words of text and they refuse to work right. The first > > word > > > makes it in the box, but the rest of the words are lost. > > > > > > As an example, the data file contains: ABC Company, Inc. in the spot > for > > > $comp_name. If I call for this variable elsewhere outside of a text > box, > > it > > > prints in full, but when used by the following, it prints only: ABC > > > > > > print "<input type=text size=30 name=comp_name value=$comp_name>"; > > > > > > There must be something blindingly obvious that I'm missing. Please > help. > > > Thanks, Hugh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >