Question

I’m using a form plugin / addon where I don’t have control over how the form is generated.

The form generates HTML which looks like this:

<form>
<label>First Name</label><input name="Question25" type="text" value="" />
<input class="formBlockSubmitButton" name="add" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

I would like to prefill some of the form values but I can’t write, say

<input name="Question25" type="text" value="<?php echo $my_value; ?>" />

Because the form addon generates that HTML. I can write PHP or Javascript before this block, is there a way to search for an input with a name of “Question25” and then prefill it when the block comes up?

Answer 1

You could use jQuery and the .val() method:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        $('input[name="Question25"]').val('some value');
    });
</script>

and if the value must come from the server:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var obj = <?php echo json_encode(array('value' => $my_value)); ?>;
        $('input[name="Question25"]').val(obj.value);
    });
</script>