display input from form

[kabuto]

how do i get the input from a form and then display it using document.write?

[Seith]

Um, I don't know how to do it with JS

Would you be willing to learn how to use PHP becuase ECHO would be better in my opinion =)

[kabuto]

Um, I don't know how to do it with JS

Would you be willing to learn how to use PHP becuase ECHO would be better in my opinion =)

i would prefer to use JS but if you could show it using any other way, i'll be interested too,

[ronverdonk]

Have a look at this JS form tutoral Accessing and validating forms using Javascript
It probably gives you the information you are looking for,

Ronald :cool:

[kabuto]

Have a look at this JS form tutoral Accessing and validating forms using Javascript
It probably gives you the information you are looking for,

Ronald :cool:

yes, that's it..
thanks a lot

[rhys]

Have a look at this JS form tutoral Accessing and validating forms using Javascript
It probably gives you the information you are looking for,

Ronald :cool:

I have an issue related to these discussions...

I am writing a table maintenance program, where users can update their existing data. (Debian, PHP4, PostGreSQL7.4) I have no problem displaying existing data using php and echo. My problem is that the first choice in a "select" <option value...> list overrides the existing data. I've tried loading up the first option with existing data values, to no avail. I used switch/case, in the pgsql section after it loads the array, to load the display description, but I can't get it to display. php/echo, single quotes, double quotes, none apparently work. (case 2: $labdisp = "bad labor"; echo "$labdisp"; eg.) The display string in a select option is not quoted, so I'm wondering if I am asking the impossible.

My option/value line resembled varieties of this:
<option value = "<? echo $array["labor"]; ?> <? echo $labdisp; ?>
or just $labdisp (quoted various ways.)

Does anybody know how to get existing values to display in the entry field, overriding the first choice in the option list? I thought my hack would work, but I was WRONG.

I would say it's urgent, but after this many years, nothing is urgent.

I thank any angels in advance who have suggestions!! God bless!!

- Rhys

[ronverdonk]

Rhys, show some code because I cannot deduct from your sample what the problem is. Anyway the statement that you showed is incorrect [php]<option value = "<? echo $array["labor"]; ?> <? echo $labdisp; ?>
[/php]
this is the correct format (when defining it in HTML code):
[php]
<option value = "<? echo $array['labor']; ?>"><? echo $labdisp; ?></option>
[/php]

Ronald :cool: