How to Populate Text Fields From URL Variables

You need to know how to populate text fields with URL variables (name/value pairs) to design websites and social networks that require storing and retrieving user input. When you log onto your profile page on a social network, the URL variables stored in a text file or a database appear in the text fields of the profile form, allowing members to examine and change their personal and professional information. The general procedure is similar regardless of the program you select to load URL variables into text fields.

Instructions

    • 1

      Define or declare a URL loader object according to the specific requirements of your programming language.

    • 2

      Declare a URL request object that points to the text file containing the URL variables with which you want to populate the text fields.

    • 3

      Declare the format property of the URL loader object so the URL loader will interpret the URL variables in the text file as URL-encoded name/value pairs.

    • 4

      Use a load file method to move the contents of the URL variable text file into the URL loader object. Add any code necessary to detect that the contents of the URL variable text file have been successfully transferred to the URL loader object, and to report whether the process was successful.

    • 5

      Store the contents of the specific URL variable (as identified in the URL variable text file with a unique variable name) in the text field that you want to populate with the URL variable. Equate the text field variable to the URL loader object with the data property and URL variable's name attached in order to populate a specific text field with a specific URL variable value.

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