UPDATE! [X]HTML HowTo: Disable a text box.
The Code
A few things came up after I submitted the first post.
Say you have code similar to: <input type="text" name="username" id="username" value="Nick" disabled="disabled" />
Then, the user submits the form and you go to access ‘username’ via $username = $_POST['username']
Well, you might be surprised to find out that disabled="disabled" actually disables the value of the variable $_POST['username'].
Instead, if you want to keep the value of the text input, you should use the following code: <input type="text" name="username" id="username" value="Nick" readonly="readonly" />
Now, when you go to access $_POST['username'], you should still have the value of the input.
Graphical Differences
Disabled
Readonly
Happy Coding!
Nick