PHP - Option Retaining Values In Text Box Help!!

Hi I have a list of states using the array method in a form. The drop down menu works fine.  I want to save the user choice,if the form is re-displayed due to a blank field or pattern mismatch.  I know I can use the selected=selected, but don't know wher to put the statement:
My array is:
state_province = array ("list of states", "provinces")
Var in my labels array is "state"=>"state"
Here is my code for the select/option statement:

{
 if($field == "state")
   {
      echo "<div class='province_state'><label for='state' size='10'>* Province/State</label><select>";
            
      foreach($state_province as $state)
         {
         echo "\n<option value='$state_province' /> ";   
          echo $state ;
          echo "</option>";
         }
      echo "</select></div>\n";   

   }
?Is this the correct code to add and where would I add  it?
          if(@$_POST['state'] == $value)
     {
         echo "selected='selected'  ";
     }          

I have a form and on each input I set the value as the post variable of it's self.  I do this so that if the user submit the form and it has errors they haven't lost the data they have inputted.  For example

<input name="input1" type="text" value="<?php echo($_POST['input1']); ?>" />

This works fine for text field and textarea's but how do I retain the value of radio boxes and checkboxes?

Hi guys, I had a problem before which is similar to the problem im about to describe, however Pikachu helped me solve the last problem so a big thanks to him! However this problem is slightly different and im struggling to find a solution. I will first describe the problem I had which pikachu helped me solve as it would be easier for me to describe this past problem.

I have an update form, so a user can edit existing records which are pulled from a database. When the user changes the values in a text field then submits the form, the values in the text fields updates fine. However if they change the values in the text box and then tries to submit the form but there was an error, the values in the text fields go back to the values from the database and the user has to change the text fields again.

Well this problem was solved with the help of pikachu and the this is what I did...

<?php if(isset($_POST['title'])){echo htmlspecialchars($_POST['title']);} else if (isset($title)) {echo htmlspecialchars($title);}?>

Again, the above works fine however the problem I have now is the same problem as described above however it relates to drop down menus and not text fields. I can't seem to figure out how to retain the values in a drop down menu the same way I have for text fields. Below is the code that im using that I thought would work however it isnt working, the values of the drop down menu (if there was an error) are going back to the values from the database. Heres the code...

<option value="Psychopathic" <?php if ((isset($_POST['category']))&&($_POST['category'] == 'Psychopathic')) { echo ' selected=selected'; }  else if ((isset($category))&&($category == 'Psychopathic')) { echo ' selected=selected'; } ?>>Psychopathic</option>

Does anybody know what i am doing wrong and how i can fix this problem? I understand what i need to do but i cant seem to get the code to do what i want to do and thats to retain values of a drop down menu when the page is returned with an error.

Any help would be much appreciated.

AJay

Hey,
Im needing some help with an update form that I have created using PHP/MySQL. Basically the form is working great (updating records, retrieving records and showing errors) but there is a problem with the errors.

If there are no errors and I edit the existing text input values, the database updates fine. However if I edit the existing text input values and there is an error, the edited input values dont save, they revert back to the values of the database.

I understand why this is happening, its because the text inputs are set to show the values of the database so if i edit the existing values and an error occurs or the page is refreshed, the values revert back to the database values. However id like it so that if any text in the text field have been edited and an error occurs, the text stays to how it is until the user by passes any errors and then the database is updated.

Hopefully this makes sense. I have attached the php page just incase anybody wants to look into it but any help would be much appreciated!

Also, im not looking for someone to just to fix this for me but if someone knows my problem and can guide me in the right direction, that would be great.

Hi guys,

I am having a real problem with this and I can't figure it out. I am not that much of a techie so take it easy on me.

I am building a survey form for a website to get feedback on the service, and naturally it can fail validation if the email address is misspelled or the security question is answered wrong. Retaining text values was easy and I managed to dig around for some solutions to retain radio button values. The problem is IT ONLY WORKS ON ONE OPTION! I tried everything including coming up with completely separate value names, yet the page still loads with all radio options set to the same shared value (usually of the last radio button question).

Here is my code:

<?PHP

$Excellent_status = 'unchecked';
$VeryGood_status = 'unchecked';
$Satisfactory_status = 'unchecked';
$Weak_status = 'unchecked';
$Horrible_status = 'unchecked';

if (isset($_POST['send'])) 
{

$selected_tk = $_POST['tk'];

if ($selected_tk == 'Excellent') {
$Excellent_status = 'checked';
}
else if ($selected_tk == 'VeryGood') {
$VeryGood_status = 'checked';
}
else if ($selected_tk == 'Satisfactory') {
$Satisfactory_status = 'checked';
}
else if ($selected_tk == 'Weak') {
$Weak_status = 'checked';
}
else if ($selected_tk == 'Horrible') {
$Horrible_status = 'checked';
}
}

$Excellent2_status = 'unchecked';
$VeryGood2_status = 'unchecked';
$Satisfactory2_status = 'unchecked';
$Weak2_status = 'unchecked';
$Horrible2_status = 'unchecked';

if (isset($_POST['send']))
{

$selected_ts = $_POST['ts'];

if ($selected_ts == 'Excellent') {
$Excellent2_status = 'checked';
}
else if ($selected_ts == 'VeryGood') {
$VeryGood2_status = 'checked';
}
else if ($selected_ts == 'Satisfactory') {
$Satisfactory2_status = 'checked';
}
else if ($selected_ts == 'Weak') {
$Weak2_status = 'checked';
}
else if ($selected_ts == 'Horrible') {
$Horrible2_status = 'checked';
}
}

?>


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    <label><span class="required">*</span>Name:</label>
    <input name="name" type="text" class="box" id="name" size="40" value="<?php echo $name;?>" /><br />
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    <input name="course" type="text" class="box" id="course" size="40" value="<?php echo $course;?>" /><br />
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<tr>
  <td width="280" align="left" bgcolor="#285A80"><strong><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+1">Attribute</font></strong></td>      
        <td width="115">
          <div align="center">EXCELLENT! 
          </div></td>
        <td width="115">
          <div align="center">Really Good. 
          </div></td>
        <td width="115">
          <div align="center">Satisfactory. 
          </div></td>
        <td width="115">
          <div align="center">Weak, needs attention. 
          </div></td>
        <td width="115">
          <div align="center">Horrible! Unacceptable. 
          </div></td>
      </tr>
<tr>
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        <td>
          <div align="center">
            <input type="radio" name="tk" id="Excellent" value="Excellent" <?PHP print $Excellent_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </td>
        <td>
          <div align="center">
            <input type="radio" name="tk" id="VeryGood" value="VeryGood" <?PHP print $VeryGood_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </label></td>
        <td>
          <div align="center"> 
            <input type="radio" name="tk" id="Satisfactory" value="Satisfactory" <?PHP print $Satisfactory_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </td>
        <td>
          <div align="center"> 
            <input type="radio" name="tk" id="Weak" value="Weak" <?PHP print $Weak_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </td>
        <td>
          <div align="center"> 
            <input type="radio" name="tk" id="Horrible" value="Horrible" <?PHP print $Horrible_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </td>
      </tr>
<tr>
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        <td>
          <div align="center">
            <input type="radio" name="ts" id="Excellent2" value="Excellent2" <?PHP print $Excellent2_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </td>
        <td>
          <div align="center">
            <input type="radio" name="ts" id="VeryGood2" value="VeryGood2" <?PHP print $VeryGood2_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </label></td>
        <td>
          <div align="center"> 
            <input type="radio" name="ts" id="Satisfactory2" value="Satisfactory2" <?PHP print $Satisfactory2_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </td>
        <td>
          <div align="center"> 
            <input type="radio" name="ts" id="Weak2" value="Weak2" <?PHP print $Weak2_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </td>
        <td>
          <div align="center"> 
            <input type="radio" name="ts" id="Horrible2" value="Horrible2" <?PHP print $Horrible2_status; ?>/>
          </div>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    <br /><br />
    <label>Particularly positive points you appreciated: </label>
    <textarea name="message1" cols="80" rows="3"  id="message1"><?php echo $message1;?>
</textarea><br />
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    <textarea name="message2" cols="80" rows="3"  id="message2"><?php echo $message2;?>
</textarea><br />
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    <textarea name="message3" cols="80" rows="3"  id="message3"><?php echo $message3;?>
</textarea><br />
<label><span class="required">* Security Question</span></label><? require_once ("ClassMathGuard.php"); MathGuard::insertQuestion(); ?>
    <br />
    <br />
    <!-- Submit Button-->
    <input name="send" type="submit" class="button" id="send" value="" />
  </form>


Fact is there are 8 questions (all multiple choice with radio button answers) but I decided to save you a long code read. Basically what I get is that despite choosing different answers for each question, the retention is only of the last option or question, and all the above question choices are set to that choice button.

What is wrong?