putting a php variable in a HTML form value

Question

Hey guys,

I've got a php variable like so.. $name = $_REQUEST['name']; I'd like to put it in a HTML form field's value e.g in here.. <input type="text" name="name" value=(php variable here) /> How would I do so?

Thanks.

Answer 1

value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($name); ?>"

Answer 2

You can do it like this,

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

But seen as you've taken it straight from user input, you want to sanitize it first so that nothing nasty is put into the output of your page.

<input type="text" name="name" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($name);?>" />