Thread: Displaying MySql variables at a Bluevoda form

Hello Colleagues from this forum,

I already have the values of the mysql fields inside variables such as $name, $address and so on.

I am placing <?php echo $name?> in the field "Initial value" on the Editbox properties, but it is not working.

This php script was working very well with the value="<?php echo $name?>" but it had poor (normal) visual aspect and I wanted to make it a little bit more good looking.

So, how do I place these values in the screen fields of the Bluevoda form ?

Thanks for all the help,
José Almeida

In the editbox place <? echo $name; ?> (You missed the ";")

Hello there navaldesign !

Thanks for Your help !

It also works fine without the ;

What I really need to know now is how to display the contents of a mysql variable in a text area because it's showing in the field the complete phrase <?php echo $textareaname; ?> and it is not showing the real content.

Is there any trick to do it ?

Thanks for Your help,
José Almeida

Is the page you are trying to use the php codeB on a .php page or .html. If its a .php then it perhaps BV is html encode it or something.

Originally Posted by pipesportugal

Hello there navaldesign !

Thanks for Your help !

It also works fine without the ;

What I really need to know now is how to display the contents of a mysql variable in a text area because it's showing in the field the complete phrase <?php echo $textareaname; ?> and it is not showing the real content.

Is there any trick to do it ?

Thanks for Your help,
José Almeida

In the same ay you are using for the edit box. If it doesn't work, there is something else wrong. I use it all the time, on almost all VH servers as well as at least 3 more hoster's servers, and it always worked.

Make sure you have published the page as php.

Hello dear colleagues,

I edited the .htm (tried also with .php) form "created" by BV with dreamweaver software in code view and I noticed the following:

Instead of for example, <? echo $name;?> (which works perfect in the editbox) in this particular textarea there is the following coding:

&lt;?php echo $remarks;?&gt

instead of <?php echo $remarks; ?>

so maybe this must be the reason why it doesn't work.

Could this be a BV bug?

Thanks really for the precious help,

José.

Hi guys,

I manually changed the &lt to <
and the &gt to > and now IT WORKS very well.

navaldesign, You're the expert.

What was happening there ?

Thanks again,
José.

Dreamweaver you said ? It has replaced < and > with their html equivalent.

Thats what I figured. It has html encoded the text. You should be able to prevent that by editing the contents of the textarea (or whatever it may be in the future) in the code view instead of design view

Hi again,

My first idea was that this error (if we can call it an error ....) was coming from Bluevoda, so I decided to investigate a little bit, because no matter the fact that I have bought my webspace from Vodahost, I am publishing my pages, using PREVIEW/SAVE AS..... and so on, each page at a time.

I discovered the following:

In fact at BV if we right click on the page and choose HTML we can see that the html code at BV is correct with the <?php .......?>, but after You make preview/save as and You go and check the created page with NOTEPAD (not dreamweaver), there is the same "change" of the < by &lt and the > by &gt, so this drives me to the conclusion that it's (no question about it...) coming from BV.

Maybe one of You guys could... perhaps send a comment on this one to the BV developping team. I don't know,

Thanks for all,
José.

No. Even with Preview, Save As, opening in Notepad, etc, BV does NOT change the < and > symbols. It is, somehow, a problem at your end.

navaldesign and watdaflip,

Thank You for Your time.

Regards,
José.