set html form elements using php?

Question

I have a form with some fields like text , select etc. I need to set the variable using php. I have some values in the session which is to be put in the text field.

Answer 1

you can put like this,

<input type="text" value="<?php echo $SESSION['variable_name'];?>" />
<textarea><?php echo $SESSION['variable_name'];?></textarea>

Answer 2

You don't say where your variables come from, but if you need to move them from one page to another, you will have to use session_start(); at the beginning of each php page.