How to remember checkbox input in PHP Forms
- by Derek
For usability purposes I like to set up my form fields this way:
<?php
$username = $_POST['username'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
?>
<input type="text" name="username" value="<?php echo $username; ?>" />
<textarea name="message"><?php echo $message; ?></textarea>
This way if the user fails validation, the form input he entered previously will still be there and there would be no need to start from scratch.
My problem is I can't seem to keep check boxes selected with the option that the user had chosen before (when the page refreshes after validation fails). How to do this?
