Displaying existing data in a text field - 2 issues

[jej1216]

I am writing a PHP page to open a row of data from a MySQL database so the user can edit the data. This page mimics the inital data entry page. Everything is working so far, with the following two issues.

In both cases, the display is a text field.
Problem 1) When the data has spaces ("Barton Fink") and I display it in a textbox, it only shows "Barton." Is there a way to wrap the data so spaces don't signal and end of the data?
Problem 2) When the exisitng field is blank, the display shows part of code that follows the display value ('SIZE=32'). Is there a way to display a blank as a blank?

My partial code:
[code-php]
......
<?php
$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "yeahright"); mysql_select_db("mytest",$db);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM incidents WHERE incident_id = '$_GET[id]'",$db);
$ID = $_GET['id'];
while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{

$other=$myrow["oth_descr"];
$pname= $myrow["person_name"];
}
mysql_close($db);
?>
[/code]
and then
[code-php]
<FORM NAME = "irform" METHOD="POST" ACTION="ir_posted.php">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<?php echo "<td>Other:<br><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME='oth_descr' VALUE=".$other." SIZE=32 MAXLENGTH=25></td>"; ?>
...............
<?php echo "<td>Name:<br><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME='person_name' VALUE=".$pname." SIZE=32 MAXLENGTH=25></td>"; ?>
...............
</tr>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Submit Form" >

<INPUT TYPE=RESET VALUE="Reset Form">
</FORM>
.........
[/code]
TIA,
jej1216

[epots9]

[PHP]
<?php echo "<td>Other:<br><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME='oth_descr' VALUE='".$other."' SIZE=32 MAXLENGTH=25></td>"; ?>
...............
<?php echo "<td>Name:<br><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME='person_name' VALUE='".$pname."' SIZE=32 MAXLENGTH=25></td>"; ?>
[/PHP]

that will fix it displaying size.

also, is the name in one field or in 2 fields on the database?

[jej1216]

[PHP]
<?php echo "<td>Other:<br><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME='oth_descr' VALUE='".$other."' SIZE=32 MAXLENGTH=25></td>"; ?>
...............
<?php echo "<td>Name:<br><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME='person_name' VALUE='".$pname."' SIZE=32 MAXLENGTH=25></td>"; ?>
[/PHP]

that will fix it displaying size.

also, is the name in one field or in 2 fields on the database?

That took care of the blank field.

The name is one field in the db.

Thanks,

jej1216

[jej1216]

That took care of the blank field.

The name is one field in the db.

Thanks,

jej1216

That actually fixed both issues - once again, Thanks!

jej1216

[jej1216]

The last piece -- I am not able to display any text area data -- it displays as blank.
[code-php]
<?php echo "<textarea rows=11 cols=120 name=inc_descr value='".$incdescr."'></textarea>"; ?>
[/code]
The value might be "Patient stumbled on his shoelaces and fell to the floor. Staff were unable to get to the patient to break his fall."

Using the code above, the text area is blank.

Thanks,

jej1216

[jej1216]

I'm going to start a new post with this issue.

Thanks,

jej1216