POST blanks out form fields

[TG]

I have a form that POSTs to itself and validates data entered into the form.
If all is well the form performs a header location command to move to the
next input form in the series. If the user has entered an error within the
form the user is NOT redirected to the next page and error messages are
displayed indicating the fields that are in error. So far so good. The only
problem is that all the input fields are now blanked out after the post.
These fields must display all the values that were inputted before the post
was executed.

I have tried the following to no avail......

reassigning values like this after the post => $zip=$_POST['zip'];

reassigning values like this after the post =>
$fullname=$_SESSION['fullname'];

Utilizing this Meta Tag => <META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="CACHE">

None of these are working!

How can I keep the data that was entered into the form fields before the
post was executed?

Thanks!

[TG]

Got it working... Disregard.
"TG" <tg********@cox.net> wrote in message
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I have a form that POSTs to itself and validates data entered into the form. If all is well the form performs a header location command to move to the
next input form in the series. If the user has entered an error within the
form the user is NOT redirected to the next page and error messages are
displayed indicating the fields that are in error. So far so good. The only problem is that all the input fields are now blanked out after the post.
These fields must display all the values that were inputted before the post was executed.

I have tried the following to no avail......

reassigning values like this after the post => $zip=$_POST['zip'];

reassigning values like this after the post =>
$fullname=$_SESSION['fullname'];

Utilizing this Meta Tag => <META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="CACHE">
None of these are working!

How can I keep the data that was entered into the form fields before the
post was executed?

Thanks!

[Ian.H]

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:04:10 -0800, TG wrote:

I have a form that POSTs to itself and validates data entered into the
form. If all is well the form performs a header location command to move
to the next input form in the series. If the user has entered an error
within the form the user is NOT redirected to the next page and error
messages are displayed indicating the fields that are in error. So far so
good. The only problem is that all the input fields are now blanked out
after the post. These fields must display all the values that were
inputted before the post was executed.

So fill them in!

You need to look at the 'value' element in the form.

Regards,

Ian

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[Geoff Berrow]

I noticed that Message-ID:
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contained the following:

The only problem is that all the input fields are now blanked out
after the post. These fields must display all the values that were
inputted before the post was executed.

So fill them in!

You need to look at the 'value' element in the form.

I know I could have asked for help, but I've spent aged trying to write
some nice code to make drop down boxes do this. Whilst trying to make
an easily changeable form, I managed to write the following. I'm quite
pleased with it.

<?php
$choices[]="Choose one:";
$choices[]="Option one";
$choices[]="Option two";
$choices[]="Option three";
$choices[]="Another option";

if(!$_POST['chooser']){
$a[0]=" selected";
}
print"<select name=\"chooser\">\n";
for($i=0; $i<count($choices); $i++){
if($_POST['chooser']==$choices[$i]){
$a[$i]=" selected";
}
print "<option$a[$i]>$choices[$i]</option>\n";
}
print"</select>";
?>

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