PHP Query String not Returning full text with $_GET

Question

Currently I have an html form where users can enter an address string.

For example, if they enter "74 Egan Drive" in the text box, it will take them to the following URL:

http://example.com/Edit_Address.php?address=74+Egan+Drive

I am trying to use PHP to grab the address and put it inside a form with $_GET['address'], such as:

Echo "<label>Street Address</label><input name=\"address\" type=\"text\" value= ".$_GET['address']."><br>";

But inside the text box, only the number 74 shows up, and not the full address.

What am I doing wrong here?

Possible duplicate of [URL losing plus sign](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34840577/url-losing-plus-sign) — Obsidian Age, Apr 04 '17 at 23:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '17 at 23:05

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You forgot the quotes around your HTML value attribute resulting in only the content before the first space being displayed and the rest being ignored as useless HTML attributes.

echo '<label>Street Address</label><input name="address" type="text" value= "'.$_GET['address'].'"><br>';

FYI, I changed the way you used quotes to make this easier to read.

answered Apr 04 '17 at 23:05

John Conde

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Yes, this is exactly what I'm looking for! Thank you for the fast response~ – Vivyn Zhou Apr 04 '17 at 23:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 04 '17 at 23:09

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You missed to escape the value inside the input text. It should be:

value=\"".$_GET['address']."\"

Try to this full code below:

echo "<label>Street Address</label><input name=\"address\" type=\"text\" value=\"".$_GET['address']."\"><br>";

answered Apr 04 '17 at 23:09

smzapp

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Welcome. please accept my answer for others to know. thanks – smzapp Apr 04 '17 at 23:14
Had to give it to John since he answered first > – Vivyn Zhou Apr 04 '17 at 23:23
you can check the time we posted. :) anyway, it's just okay. glad i'd helped. – smzapp Apr 04 '17 at 23:34

PHP Query String not Returning full text with $_GET

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