PHP code not being executed within HTML file

Question

I have a file with the following code block inside some of the page html:

<input name="appname" type="text" value="<?php Load('appname'); ?>" placeholder="Your App Name" />

which calls this function:

<?php
// Load cookie values 
function Load($item) {
    $item = strtolower($item);
    if(!$_COOKIE['appsite_'.$item]) return null;
    return $_COOKIE['appsite_'.$item];
}
?>

The function is at the top of the HTML file, the cookies are created but for some reason the code inside the input HTML markup is not being executed.

I can access the value of the cookie by doing the following just beneath the function:

$item = "appname";
echo $_COOKIE['w8appsite_'.$item];

It seems like the PHP code lower down the file is just not being executed?

Is a simple return statement of a function sufficient to echo out the contents? — Oleg
– Oleg, Commented Dec 10, 2012 at 22:41

Bart Vangeneugden · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-10 22:40:46Z

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Try the following:

<input name="appname" type="text" value="<?php echo Load('appname'); ?>" placeholder="Your App Name" />

You need to echo strings in PHP

answered Dec 10, 2012 at 22:40

Bart Vangeneugden

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Teena Thomas · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-10 22:47:17Z

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You are setting cookie $_COOKIE['w8appsite_appname'] and in the function checking for $_COOKIE['appsite_appname'] which will always return null.

answered Dec 10, 2012 at 22:47

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