It looks like the problems is because $date and $host are in different <form> tags. So if one is set, then the other won't be. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Dzung Nguyen [mailto:dunguyen@iol.unh.edu] > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:33 PM > To: holmes072000@charter.net > Cc: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: PHP and mySQL help! > > Thanks for the quick reply! Perhaps I should describe my problem more > specifically so that u could have a better idea: > > The code on PHP page to create forms for users to input field names: > > $tempdate = $date ; > $tempselect = $select ; > echo "<font size=$fontsize-1>Choose date<br></font> > <form action=\"build_form.php\" target=\"_top\" method=get> > <input type=hidden name=\"select\" value=\"$tempselect\"> > <input type=hidden name=\"order\" value=\"$order\"> > <input type=hidden name=\"ordertwo\" value=\"$ordertwo\"> > <input type=hidden name=\"way\" value=\"$way\"> > <input type=hidden name=\"waytwo\" value=\"$waytwo\"> > <input type=\"text\" name=\"date\" value=\"$tempdate\" size=17 > maxlength=10></form>" ; > echo "</table>" ; > > $temphost = $host; > echo "<font size=$fontsize-1>Choose host<br></font> > <form action=\"build_form.php\" target=\"_top\" method=get> > <input type=hidden name=\"select\" value=\"$tempselect\"> > <input type=hidden name=\"order\" value=\"$order\"> > <input type=hidden name=\"ordertwo\" value=\"$ordertwo\"> > <input type=hidden name=\"way\" value=\"$way\"> > <input type=hidden name=\"waytwo\" value=\"$waytwo\"> > <input type=\"text\" name=\"host\" value=\"$temphost\" size=17 > maxlength=10></form>" ; > echo "</table>" ; > > I then would concat the values to query the database as follow: > > echo "<a > href=\"build_form.php?select=all&date=$date&host=$host&order=$order&orde rt > wo=$ordertwo&way=$way&waytwo=$waytwo\" > target=\"_top\"> > > My problem right now is that I can't seem to keep both values. If one > value is update (host for example), the other value (date) is no longer > set??? > Thanks again for your help. > > > -- > Dzung V. Nguyen email: dunguyen@iol.unh.edu > Alpha Linux Group http://linux.iol.unh.edu/clp > InterOperability Laboratory > University of New Hampshire phone: (603) - 862 - 0401 > Durham, NH 03824 fax : (603) - 862 - 4181 > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php