If you set the field to disabled then the browser won't return the
value. A hidden field is a better match but still provides the
opportunity for someone to provide an arbitrary value. Use sessions to
store the value or look it up again once they submit the form.
Rich
On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 21:25 +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> On Mon, December 31, 2007 4:30 am, Jeremy Visser wrote:
> > On 29/12/2007, at 9:46 PM, Peter Rundle wrote:
> >
> >> <input type="text" name="lastname" readonly style="cursor:not-
> >> allowed" value="">
> >
> > "<input readonly>" is one way, or if you want a better visual
> > metaphor for being "not allowed to edit", you can do "<input disabled>",
> > which will visibly grey the text box.
>
>
> Peter, Jeremy, Kelvin,
>
> many thanks, yes, I think I like 'disabled' best, though cursor not
> allowed is not bad either.
>
> but, I'm still struggling with getting it to pass name to the email mssg,
> I think I need to print out the code on a paper and stare at it a little
> harder
>
> thanks again
>
> --
> Voytek
>
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