using $_POST but end of string cut off

[danmul]

Hi,

I use this code to retrieve a name from a previous form
$full_name = $_POST["full_name"];
but i have a problem if the name has a space
i.e. "John Smith" would only return "John"
I am retrieving this from a select box.
Thanks in advance
Daniel.

 

[sleipnir214]

Are you placing quotes around your <option> tags' value parameters?

If your HTML looks like:

<select name="full_name">
<option value=John Smith>John Smith</option>
.
.
.
</select>

Then your browser assumes the value of the <option> tag is "John" and "Smith" is an unsupported attribute which it ignores.

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[danmul]

I am using this code to populate the drop down from the DB
print "\t<OPTION value=$surname $forename>$surname $forename</option>\n";
Do u know if it is possible to put in the quotes without upsetting the print operation ??

Thanks again!

 

[skiflyer]

If you search for the print function on

http://www.php.net

it will take you to this page

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.print.php

which tells you how to do such a thing, it's very possible.

 

[bastienk]

print "\t<OPTION value=\"$surname $forename\">$surname $forename</option>\n";


Bastien

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[sleipnir214]

danmul:

It might also be useful to read up on quoting strings in PHP

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[danmul]

Thanks,

That sorted it out