PHP - Populating Radio Button With $_session Data

Hi people,   I'm new to PHP, and I'm having some real difficulties with trying to re-populate a radio button selection on a form.   Basically, I'm working on a WordPress plugin which uses custom fields to create a Bet custom post type.   I need to have my form submit the user input, then re-populate it so that if the user wants to edit and update the Bet data, they don't have to fill in the whole form details again, they can just edit what they need to, and update (re-submit) the form.   I've managed to get all of the form elements re-populating, apart from a radio button. I've been trawling round the internet for most of yesterday evening and this morning, trying different things, but nothing I've found works for me.   I'd really appreciate some help if anyone knows how to do this.    Here's my code so far (non working)   <?php

I have page with male female radio button

Here's the code

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$qry=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM reg_table where id=$id ");

$res=mysql_fetch_array($qry);

$radio = $res['gender'];

switch($radio)
{
   case "male":
   $mal = "checked";
   break;
   case "female":
   $fem = "checked";
   break;
}
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Gender: <br />
<input type="radio" name="colour" value="male" checked="<?php $mal; ?>" />Male
<input type="radio" name="colour" value="female" checked="<?php $fem; ?>" />Female


Whats the use of checked in
<input type="radio" name="colour" value="male" checked="<?php $mal; ?>" />

I'm in the process of making a network for investors and entrepreneurs. When they access their profile page, select edit and go to editprofile.php a problem arises with the data base submission. I have the data they have previously inputted being echoed back out to the user. This lets the user see what they have inputted so that they can make changes to their profile. Unfortunately, with my radio buttons, if no changes are made and the user hits submit, the radio buttons return a value of 'unchecked'. I need them to maintain the value previously submitted to the database if the radio button isn't 'checked'. I'm not sure exactly how to do this.

You can test it out yourself by going to http://network.jasonbiondo.com

Code is below:

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?php

session_start();

require ('connect.php');

include ('header.php');

$savechanges = $_POST['savechanges'];

$firstname = strip_tags($_POST['firstname']);
$lastname = strip_tags($_POST['lastname']);
$username = strtolower(strip_tags($_POST['username']));
$email = strip_tags($_POST['email']);
$password = strip_tags($_POST['password']);
$repeatpassword = strip_tags($_POST['repeatpassword']);
$entrepreneur = 'unchecked';
$investor = 'unchecked';
$date = date("Y-m-d");
$companyname = strip_tags($_POST['companyname']);
$companywebsite = strip_tags($_POST['companywebsite']);
$founder = strip_tags($_POST['founder']);
$phone = strip_tags($_POST['phone']);
$address = strip_tags($_POST['address']);
$city = strip_tags($_POST['city']);
$state = strip_tags($_POST['state']);
$zipcode = strip_tags($_POST['zipcode']);
$country = strip_tags($_POST['country']);
$development = strip_tags($_POST['development']);
$capitalamount = strip_tags($_POST['capitalamount']);
$companydo = strip_tags($_POST['companydo']);
$founderbuilt = strip_tags($_POST['founderbuilt']);
$whatsnew = strip_tags($_POST['whatsnew']);
$understand = strip_tags($_POST['understand']);
$competition = strip_tags($_POST['competition']);
$money = strip_tags($_POST['money']);
$demo = strip_tags($_POST['demo']);
$incorporation = strip_tags($_POST['incorporation']);
$companynameinv = strip_tags($_POST['companynameinv']);
$phoneinv = strip_tags($_POST['phoneinv']);
$addressinv = strip_tags($_POST['addressinv']);
$cityinv = strip_tags($_POST['cityinv']);
$stateinv = strip_tags($_POST['stateinv']);
$zipcodeinv = strip_tags($_POST['zipcodeinv']);
$countryinv = strip_tags($_POST['countryinv']);
$angel = strip_tags($_POST['angel']);
$vc = strip_tags($_POST['vc']);
$capital = strip_tags($_POST['capital']);

if ($savechanges)

{

$queryreg = mysql_query("UPDATE users SET

   `firstname` = '$firstname',
   `lastname` = '$lastname',
   `email` = '$email',
   `entrepreneur` = '$entrepreneur',
   `investor` = '$investor',
   `companyname` = '$companyname',
   `companywebsite` = '$companywebsite',
   `founder` = '$founder',
   `phone` = '$phone',
   `address` = '$address',
   `city` = '$city',
   `state` = '$state',
   `zipcode` = '$zipcode',
   `country` = '$country',
   `development` = '$development',
   `capitalamount` = '$capitalamount',
   `companydo` ='$companydo',
   `founderbuilt` = '$founderbuilt',
   `whatsnew` = '$whatsnew',
   `understand` = '$understand',
   `competition` = '$competition',
   `money` = '$money',
   `demo` = '$demo',
   `incorporation` = '$incorporation',
   `companynameinv` = '$companynameinv',
   `phoneinv` = '$phoneinv',
   `addressinv` = '$addressinv',
   `cityinv` = '$cityinv',
   `stateinv` = '$stateinv',
   `zipcodeinv` = '$zipcodeinv',
   `countryinv` = '$countryinv',
   `angel` = '$angel',
   `vc` = '$vc',
   `capital` = '$capital'
   
   WHERE username=  '" . $_SESSION['username'] . "'
   
   ");
   
   $selected_radio_selector = $_POST['selector'];
    $selected_radio_invtype = $_POST['invtype'];
     
   if ($selected_radio_selector == 'entrepreneur')
      {
         $entrepreneur = 'checked';
         
      }
      else if ($selected_radio_selector == 'investor')
      {
         $investor = 'checked';
         
         if ($selected_radio_invtype == 'angel')
         {
            $angel = 'checked';
            $vc = 'unchecked';
         
         }
         else if ($selected_radio_invtype == 'vc')
         {
            $vc = 'checked';
            $angel = 'unchecked';
         }
         else
         {
         die("Please select what type of investor you are!");
         }
      }
   
}

$q = mysql_query("SELECT `firstname`, `lastname`, `firstname`, `lastname`, `email`, `entrepreneur`, `investor`, `companyname`, `companywebsite`, `founder`, `phone`, `address`, `city`, `state`, `zipcode`, `country`, `development`, `capitalamount`, `companydo`, `founderbuilt`, `whatsnew`, `understand`, `competition`, `money`, `demo`, `incorporation`, `companynameinv`, `phoneinv`, `addressinv`, `cityinv`, `stateinv`, `zipcodeinv`, `countryinv`, `angel`, `vc`, `capital` FROM `users` WHERE username=  '" . $_SESSION['username'] . "'");

$r = mysql_fetch_assoc($q);

?>

<script type="text/javascript" src="../assets/js/editprofile.js"></script>

<form action='editprofile.php' method="POST" id="form">

   <fieldset>

      <p id="required"> * Required Fields</p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="firstname" class="leftcolalign">First Name *</label>

         <input id="firstname" class="rightcolalign" name="firstname" value='<?php echo $r['firstname']; ?>'/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="lastname" class="leftcolalign">Last Name *</label>

         <input id="lastname" class="rightcolalign" name="lastname" value='<?php echo $r['lastname'];?>'/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="username" class="leftcolalign">User Name *</label>

         <?php echo $_SESSION['username']; ?>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="email" class="leftcolalign">Email *</label>

         <input id="email" class="rightcolalign" name="email" value='<?php echo $r['email']; ?>''/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="selector" class="leftcolalign">What am I? *</label>

         <input id="entButton" class="radioalign" type="radio" name="selector" value="entrepreneur"<?php echo $r['entrepreneur']; ?>/>

         <label for="entrepreneur" id="entrepreneur">Entrepreneur</label>

         <input id="invButton" class="radioalign" type="radio" name="selector" value="investor"<?php echo $r['investor']; ?>/>

         <label for="investor" id="investor">Investor</label>

      </p>

   </fieldset>

   <fieldset id="entForm">

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="companyname" class="leftcolalign">Company Name: *</label>

         <input id="companyname" class="rightcolalign" name="companyname" value='<?php echo $r['companyname']; ?>'/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="companywebsite" class="leftcolalign">Company Website:</label>

         <input id="companywebsite" class="rightcolalign" name="companywebsite" value='<?php echo $r['companywebsite']; ?>'/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="founder" class="leftcolalign">Founder(s): *</label>

         <input id="founder" class="rightcolalign" name="founder" value='<?php echo $r['founder']; ?>'/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="phone" class="leftcolalign">Phone Number(s): *</label>

         <input id="phone" class="rightcolalign" name="phone" value='<?php echo $r['phone']; ?>'/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="address" class="leftcolalign">Address: *</label>

         <input id="address" class="rightcolalign" name="address" value='<?php echo $r['address']; ?>'/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="city" class="leftcolalign">City: *</label>

         <input id="city" class="rightcolalign" name="city" value='<?php echo $r['city']; ?>'/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="state" class="leftcolalign">State:</label>

         <input id="state" class="rightcolalign" name="state" value='<?php echo $r['state']; ?>'/>

      </p>

      <p class="fieldSpacing">

         <label for="zipcode" class="leftcolalign">Zip Code:</label>

         <input id="zipcode" class="rightcolalign" name="zipcode" value='<?php echo $r['zipcode']; ?>'/>

      </p>

Hey in my edit page i have 2 radio buttons in my form and i need to make sure the same value is still selected how can i do that?

thanks

Hello everyone, I am working on a form that is similar to a shopping cart system and I am thinking of creating a button that submits the checked value and saves them to a $_SESSION variable. And also a link that links to a cart.html that takes the values of a $_SESSION variable. I am have trouble figuring what tag/attribute should I use in order to achieve that.   Right now my code attached below submits the checked values to cart.html directly. However I want my submit button to save the checked box to a $_SESSION variable and STAY on the same page. And then I will implement a <a> to link to the cart.php.   I researched a little bit about this subject and I know it's somewhat related to ajax/jquery. I just wanted to know more about it from you guys. I appreciate your attention for reading the post and Thanks!   Below is the form that I currently have:

<form name= "finalForm" method="POST" action="cart.php">
<input type="Submit" name="finalSelected"/>

<?php foreach($FinalName as $key => $item) {?>
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="fSelected[]" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($FinalID[$key])?>" />
<?php echo "$FinalID[$key] & $item";?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php } ;?>

Below is the code for cart.php

<?php
require ('connect_db.php');
if(isset($_POST['finalSelected']))
{
	if(!empty($_POST['fSelected']))
	{
		$chosen = $_POST['fSelected'];
		foreach ($chosen as $item)
			echo "aID selected: $item </br>";
		$delimit = implode(", ", $chosen);
		print_r($delimit);
	}

}
if(isset($delimit))
{
$cartSQL = "SELECT * from article where aID in ($delimit)";
$cartQuery = mysqli_query($dbc, $cartSQL) or die (mysqli_error($dbc));
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($cartQuery, MYSQLI_BOTH))
{
	$aTitle[] = $row[ 'name' ];
}
}
?>

<table>
	
		<?php if(isset($delimit)) { 
		$c=0; foreach($aTitle as $item) {?>
		<tr>
		<td>
			<?php echo $aTitle[$c]; $c++;?>
		</td>
		</tr>
		<?php }}?>
</table>