How can I keep fields already entered in a form to remain if there was an error
Hi There,
With my Joomla/Virtuemart registration form, if you enter in all the fields and it turns out that someone has the same username you have chosen, for example, then you get an error message, but all the fields get cleared out so the user has to enter in all the details again.
Can someone help me to keep the variables that have already been entered?
TIA
With my Joomla/Virtuemart registration form, if you enter in all the fields and it turns out that someone has the same username you have chosen, for example, then you get an error message, but all the fields get cleared out so the user has to enter in all the details again.
Can someone help me to keep the variables that have already been entered?
TIA
I would suggest the following, to avoid errors
For input,
<input type="text" name="INPUTNAME" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['INPUTNAME
For textarea
<textarea name="TXTANAME"><?php if(isset($_POST['TXTANAME'
Similar for radio, checkbox.
Replace the UPPERCASE text with what you need.
For select, a little more work is needed because you have to check each value. I'll demonstrate with 2 values
<select name="SLCTNAME">
<option value="1" <?php if(isset($_POST['SLCTNAME'
<option value="2" <?php if(isset($_POST['SLCTNAME'
</select>
If you try any of these in a form that has the action="" set tot the same page (e.g. empty action) it will work.
This is a bit trickier to accomplish if your action goes to a different page
For input,
<input type="text" name="INPUTNAME" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['INPUTNAME
For textarea
<textarea name="TXTANAME"><?php if(isset($_POST['TXTANAME'
Similar for radio, checkbox.
Replace the UPPERCASE text with what you need.
For select, a little more work is needed because you have to check each value. I'll demonstrate with 2 values
<select name="SLCTNAME">
<option value="1" <?php if(isset($_POST['SLCTNAME'
<option value="2" <?php if(isset($_POST['SLCTNAME'
</select>
If you try any of these in a form that has the action="" set tot the same page (e.g. empty action) it will work.
This is a bit trickier to accomplish if your action goes to a different page
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This approach worked beautifully
http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=59255.15
Thanks for all your help
http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=59255.15
Thanks for all your help
;) anytime. Glad to be of help.
In order to keep persistent forms, you have to populate the input fields with the data inputted in the post.
For example,
echo 'Name : <input type="text" name="name" value="'.htmlspecialchars(
If the $_POST['name'] variable is set, it will display it again in the error message with this piece of code.