Question

I can’t seem to figure out why when I submit the form, and it returns with the error message, that it doesn’t retain what I’ve entered into the fields. Here’s an example of my input field:

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

I’m using sessions for my error message handling. But I don’t think that would make a difference, right? Any ideas?

part of my FORM:

<form action="process.php" method="post" name="edit" id="edit">
<input type="text" value="<?php if (isset($_POST['name']))  echo htmlentities($_POST['name']);  ?>" name="name" id="name" class="text" tabindex="1"/>
<input type="text" value="<?php if (isset($_POST['the_field'])) echo $_POST['the_field'];?>" name="the_field" id="the_field"/>
<input type="hidden" value="Create" name="action"/>
<input type="submit" class="btn" value="Create New Project" />
</form>

part of my PROCESS.PHP:

if(isset($_POST)){
    switch($_POST['action']){   
        case 'Create':
        $client = $_POST['client'];
            if(empty($_POST['name'])){
              $_SESSION['error'] = 'You need to enter a project name!';
              header('location: add.php');
              exit; 
            }
    }
break;
}

Do you think that it’s because the NAME field is processed before THE_FIELD and when the NAME errors, it doesn’t pass anything back?

Answer 1

I ended up having to use sessions since I was posting to a process page, which seemed to be the reason, and not SELF. Takes a bit more time but does what I need.