how to take input & display output in a common input text box

[dewan]

hello everyone
i have make a from containing 6 input text box with a submit button.
now i want to use this form in various purpose. at one view i want to use this a input from and another view i want to display data from database. i m able to retrieve data from database. if i display data then unable to take input.

<input type="textbox" name="uname" value="<?php echo $name;">

this code shows error while i want to take input.

[fastsol1]

You forgot to close the php tag here

value="<?php echo $name;">
should be this

value="<?php echo $name;?>">

[dewan]

thanks for ur reply. but it was just a typing mistake. this process doesn't allow to take input from mentioned textbox.

[bluewalrus]

Please post all of your code.

[djr33]

There's another typo: your variable is $name but your textbox is "uname"

[traq]

this process doesn't allow to take input from mentioned textbox.

it should. if the user doesn't clear the textbox and type something else, then when the form is submitted it will simply hold the same value you gave it. have you tried this and encountered problems?