PHP Complete Form Example

This chapter shows how to keep the values in the input fields when the user hits the submit button.

PHP - Keep The Values in The Form

To show the values in the input fields after the user hits the submit button, we add a little PHP script inside the value attribute of the following input fields: name, email, and website. In the comment textarea field, we put the script between the < textarea> and < /textarea> tags. The little script outputs the value of the $name, $email, $website, and $comment variables.
Then, we also need to show which radio button that was checked. For this, we must manipulate the checked attribute (not the value attribute for radio buttons):

Name: < input type="text" name="name" value="< ?php echo $name;?>">

E-mail: < input type="text" name="email" value="< ?php echo $email;?>">

Website: < input type="text" name="website" value="< ?php echo $website;?>">

Comment: < textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40">< ?php echo $comment;?>< /textarea>

Gender:
< input type="radio" name="gender"
< ?php if (isset($gender) && $gender=="female") echo "checked";?>
value="female">Female
< input type="radio" name="gender"
< ?php if (isset($gender) && $gender=="male") echo "checked";?>
value="male">Male
< input type="radio" name="gender"
< ?php if (isset($gender) && $gender=="other") echo "checked";?>
value="other">Other

PHP - Complete Form Example

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