[input] .... [/input] usage

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I know this is pretty basic but all of a sudden I'm slightly confused with [input][/input] and need some clarification. "textarea" and "text" form fields This is what I've always done..... In a form for initial data entry I do this: It gets written into the db like this: &BlogText=[url][BlogText][/url] Data gets placed back into a form from the db for editing like this: In a text field I do this: It gets written into the db like this: &BlogTitle=[url][BlogTitle][/url] Unless I do this in my "edit" form text field after I snatch data from the db: I see nothing in the textfield if the data has a special character like a quote mark surrounding a word etc. BUT I've never really used [input][/input] with a simple text field when I've placed data back into a form for editing.... never ran into any problems before I guess.... Today I did LOL The docs sorta only say to use the [input][/input] tags within It gets written into the db like this: &BlogText=[url][BlogText][/url] Data gets placed back into a form from the db for editing like this: In a text field I do this: It gets written into the db like this: &BlogTitle=[url][BlogTitle][/url] Unless I do this in my "edit" form text field after I snatch data from the db: [input][BlogTitle][/input]" size="50"> I see nothing in the textfield if the data has a special character like a quote mark surrounding a word etc. BUT I've never really used [input][/input] with a simple text field when I've placed data back into a form for editing.... never ran into any problems before I guess.... Today I did LOL The docs sorta only say to use the [input][/input] tags within