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Posted by Michael Fesser on March 19, 2008, 10:01 pm
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.oO(ChollaPete)
>This code:
>
><form action="processScan.php" method="get">
><p>
><?php
> print "Scan name: <input type=\"file\" name=\"tScanFileName\" value=
>\"\"><br>";
> addHiddenCarryons();
>?>
> <input type="submit">
></form>
>
>does not render with the value attribute's value as the default text.
>I.e., then the form renders, I want the string value of $scanFileName
>already in the input field as the default text. I'm using Firefox
>2.0.0.12, PHP 5.2.4 and Apache 1.3.33.
>
>Any ideas?
The 'file' input control does not allow default values for security
reasons. This would make it too easy to steal files from the user's
machine.
And BTW: HTML also allows single quotes around attributes. This avoids
the ugly escaping like above.
Micha
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