Trouble with forms and PHP - Help please

Hello,
Can someone explain why this does not work?

<td><input name="Name" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value=<?php echo "Mr Smell";?>></td>

but this does.

<td><input name="Name" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value="Mr Smell"></td>

The first one only populates the field with the text before the space, the second example populates it with the 2 words including the space?!?

Thanks

Late

 

If I see correctly, in the first code line you are missing the quotes around "value" attribute.

 

Yes, but if i put the quotes in, it puts the <?php etc in the field as text.

 

Try this:

<input name="Name" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value="<?php echo 'Mr Smell';?>">

One question: Does your file ends with .php or .htm?

 

this works but i want to use a variable name:

<input name="Name" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value="<?php echo '$myvar';?>">

This justs prints the text $myvar in the field.

Its a .php page, but it loads some HTML pages too.

 

Remove the single quotes, like this:

<input name="Name" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value="<?php echo $myvar; ?>">

It should work.

 

worked a treat. Many thanks.

 

I love this;
<input name="Name" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value="<?= $myvar; ?>">

 

<td><input name="Name" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value="<?php echo "Mr Smell";?>"></td>