Posted by Camile on 12/29/05 00:45

"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
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> Camile wrote:
> > This may be a really simple question, but I'm a rookie.
> >
> > I have a string of text (simple echo)in a PHP script that I don't want
in my
> > HTML form code. So when my form /page opens I'd like it to pull the
text
> > value from my server's PHP script.
> >
> > So, when my page/form opens it will populate the below 'value':
> > <input type="hidden" name="business"
> > value="http://www.domain.com/hidden.php" />
> > (doesn't work of course)
> > I imagine an OnLoad Javascript function could somehow retrieve the PHP
> > value, set it equal to a variable, then set the variable to equal my
form
> > field value.
> >
> > I think if I could just display this value(as default) in an Input
> > type="text" field, I could make this work.
>
>
> You need to have your form-page-script and the value-script on the same
machine.
>
> in the form-page-script you make the input tags like
> <?PHP include('value-script.php');
> <form>
> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="<?PHP echo $varbusiness; ?>">
> </form>
>
>
> in your value-script you have
>
> $varbusiness="what ever you want";
>
>
> //Aho
>

So my PHP script Can't be on my web server and accomplish this? Yet, I can
view the result variable in my browser window with it on the server.

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