David, If I understand your problem/issue here, you are talking about something called 'sticky forms'. This means - (i) the form references itself. (ii) that the form knows what the previous data was when it encounters any validation issues. You achieve (i) and (ii) by re-submitting the form with the usage of a superglobal variable called $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']. <form method='POST' action ="<php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" > Regards, Shreyas On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:27 PM, David Mehler <dave.mehler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > I've got a form with several required fields of different types. I > want to have the php script process it only when all the required > fields are present, and to redisplay the form with filled in values on > failure so the user won't have to fill out the whole thing again. > One of my required fields is a text input field called name. If it's > not filled out the form displayed will show this: > > <input type="text" name="name" id="name" size="50" value="<?php > echo($name); ?>" /> <br /> > > Note, I've got $_POST* variable processing before this so am assigning > that processing to short variables. > If that field is filled out, but another required one is not that form > field will fill in the value entered for the name field. > This is working for my text input fields, but not for either select > boxes or textareas. Here's the textarea also a required field: > > <textarea name="description" id="description" cols="50" rows="10" > value="<?php echo($description); ?>"></textarea> > > What this does, if a user fills out this field, but misses another, it > should echo the value of what was originally submitted. It is not > doing this. Same for my select boxes, here's one: > > <select name="type" id="type" value="<?php echo($type); ?>"> > <option value="0" selected="selected">-- select type --</option> > <option value="meeting"> - Meeting - </option> > <option value="event"> - Event - </option> > </select> > > I'd also like for any not entered required fields to have an error box > around them, I've got a css class to handle this, but am not sure how > to tie it in to the fields since any one of the required fields could > not be filled in. > I'd appreciate any help. > Thanks. > Dave. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Regards, Shreyas Agasthya
