Hello Everyone,

I'm creating a multi-page form which includes 3 pages:
1. Form
2. Review page - displays what user input and chance for user to click edit and go back to form 1
3. Thank you page

What I want to know is if there is an easier way to repopulate the fields in form 1 when the user clicks edit (just a simple link to form 1). I'm using sessions, and one method is this:

PHP Code:

<input name="firstname" value="<? echo $_SESSION['typeofservice']; ?>">

The form I'm creating contains over 60 fields. Is there an easier way to do this?

You can try generalizing your method for generating forms:

PHP Code:

<?php
$fields = array(

    array(    'type'        => 'text',
            'name'        => 'field1',
            'label'        => 'Field 1',
            'default'    => ''),

    array(    'type'        => 'textarea',
            'name'        => 'field2',
            'label'        => 'Field 2',
            'default'    => 'Default Value')
        
);

function generateField($field)
{
    $value = ( isset($_SESSION[ $field['name'] ]) ) ? $_SESSION[ $field['name'] ] : $field['default'];
    switch($field)
    {
    case 'text': ?>
        <input type="text" name="<?php echo $field['name']; ?>" value="<?php echo $value; ?>" />
    <?php break;
    case 'textarea': ?>
        <textarea name="<?php echo $field['name']; ?>"><?php echo $value; ?></textarea>
    <?php break;
    /*
    .
    .
    .
    */
    }
}

foreach($fields as $field)
    generateField($field);
    
?>