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Asked: 2026-05-10T18:20:23+00:00

I am trying to include a value from a database table within the value

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I am trying to include a value from a database table within the value element of an input field.
This is what I have, but it is not working:

?><input type='text' size='10' value='<?= date('Y-m-d',  strtotime($rowupd['upcoming_event_featured_date'])) ?>' name='upcoming_event_featured_date'  id='keys'/><?php

I have done this before, but I usually print it out like this:

print '<input type='text' size='10' value=''.date('Y-m-d',  strtotime($rowupd['upcoming_event_featured_date'])).'' name='upcoming_event_featured_date'  id='keys'/>';

What is the appropriate way of doing this without using print ''?

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  1. It’s a good idea to always use full PHP tags, because that will keep your app from breaking if you move to a different server or your config is changed not to allow short tags.

    ?> <input type='text' size='10' value='<?php echo(date('Y-m-d', strtotime($rowupd['upcoming_event_featured_date']))); ?>'name='upcoming_event_featured_date' id='keys'/><?php

    Also, note that you are missing the ; from the end of your PHP code.

    You may find it better to keep the whole thing in PHP too, and just echo() out the HTML, as that will keep you from having to switch back and forth from PHP to HTML parsing.

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