how to use htmlspecialchars in the form - help

[leegold2]

Newbie question I guess. Please show me how to use the htmlspecialchar s
function in the form below, Thanks:



<form action="formtes t1.php?c=1" method=POST>
<b>Find Results with:
These words: <input type="text" length=40 name="keywords" >
input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>

[Michael Fesser]

Re: how to use htmlspecialchar s in the form - help

.oO(leegold2)
[color=blue]
>Newbie question I guess. Please show me how to use the htmlspecialchar s
>function in the form below, Thanks:[/color]

You only need it when you print out the previously entered informations
again, which is not the case with your form (no default value for the
input field).

Usually the code would look like this:

<input name="foo" value="<?php print htmlspecialchar s($foo)?>">

where $foo contains the value that was entered in the text field before.
[color=blue]
><form action="formtes t1.php?c=1" method=POST>
> <b>Find Results with:
> These words: <input type="text" length=40 name="keywords" >
> input type="submit" value="Search">
></form>[/color]

You could also try this:

<form action="formtes t1.php?c=1" method="post">
<label for="keywords"> Find results with these words:</label>
<input name="keywords" id="keywords" length="40">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>

Labels make forms more accessible, especially when used for checkboxes
and radio buttons.

Micha