Re: reloading forms and keeping variables.

> I have a form that the user fills in which is then reloaded to check to all > the fields are filled correctly, if they are not, variables are changed to > the value of 1 which the page then picks up on and alerts the user to fill > in each field that isn't correct, however, the page does not keep the values > of the fields the user has filled in already, its as if the user just loaded > the page. > Is there any way to keep these values when the page is reloaded ? > Here is a shorten example of the form layout and code I am using. > Mark = 2, once the user clicks submit, to trigger the page to reload using > $PHP_SELF and check for un entered fields like this one. > if(!$Num_adults and $mark==2): > $adult1=1; > endif; > <form action=\"$PHP_SELF\" method=\"post\"> > form goes here > triggered error message > if($adult1==1): > echo"error message"; > endif; > more form fields > <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mark\" value=\"2\"> > <submit> > </form> > Any help any one can give me with this would be greatly appreciated as I > have ran out of ideas to keep the variables!! > Many thanks > Ade ! > ------------------------------------------------------ > ade@stormbreaker.com The following piece of code should do what you want (you may want to keep an eye open for missing quotes and the like, as StarOffice mangles my mails in mysterious ways when posting to newsgroups) :-) ----------[ Cut here ]---------- <?php If (!empty($submit)) { /* do form processing */ echo ”<b>Validating the form</b><br>”; echo ”recieved the following variables : <br>”; /* loop through the input array and show values */ $arr = array_values($input); for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($arr); $i++) { echo $arr[$i].”<br>”; } echo ”<hr>”; /* you can also use named keys */ echo ”field1 = ”.$input[field1].”<br>”; echo ”field2 = ”.$input[field2].”<br>”; } /* now show the original form */ ?> <form method=”post” action=”<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>”> <input type=”text” name=”input[field1]” value=”<?php echo $input[field1]; ?>”> <input type=”text” name=”input[field2]” value=”<?php echo $input[field2]; ?>”> <input type=”submit” name=”submit” value=”Click me”> </form> ----------[ Cut here ]---------- Best regards, Jesper Juhl juhl@eisenstein.dk