storing a variable

[RogueDogg]

Is it possible to store a variable such as a unique ID for a person and then recall that into a textarea?

Example:

<text area name="exmaple" cols="50" rows="5"> here is the customer ID <? echo "$cid";?> </textarea>

I tried setting this in phpmyadmin and when I call this field it just outputs as plain text just as you see it. Am I doing something wrong?

[eelixduppy]

Try this instead:

echo '<textarea name="exmaple" cols="50" rows="5"> here is the customer ID '.$cid.'</textarea>';

Good luck on your project. Hope it's coming along well ;)

[mrWoot]

Once the form has been posted, you can do:

<?php
$example = $_GET['example'];
?>
<textarea id="example" name="example" cols="50" rows="5">Here is the customer ID: <?php echo $example;?></textarea>

[RogueDogg]

Welcome back from your "vacation": eelixduppy

I have made some progress, I will wait for an answer to this when I catch you on AIM.