I've been having some issues with this. All I want to do is save whatever the user types into the text input when they click submit even on refresh of page.
I have already tried localStorage, but that won't work because I want it to work with any browser. As in I can save the data on chrome, and go to IE and see that the form input values are still the same.
I have tried sending the form data via action POST, but how can I get that to KEEP the data after refresh? Right now I have it so it sends the data to a new page (that looks exactly the same) and can post the saved values in the input, but it doesn't stay there on refresh.
I also tried something called "sisyphus" but I couldn't even get that to work even though I already have jQuery installed. I used the exact example someone gave me, so if anyone can tell me why that didn't work, this might be the best solution.
Please help!
Since you want the data to persist across browsers/sessions, it sounds like you're going to need some kind of way to store that information, like a database or even a writeable file will do.
But secondly, you'll need a way to differentiate between users (some kind of login system), unless you want everyone who visits the form to see the inputs that the original person entered (like a google doc).
Start with using databases: http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/phpmysql/1
BEWARE: mysql_* functions in PHP are deprecated, use alternatives instead (you can find them on google)
I'm not sure if this is the answer to your question, your question was a bit unclear. I hope it helps!
If you want it to be for IE8+,then you can do it using localStorage with proper doctype
<!DOCTYPE html>
1.Store that value in session and retrieve and display it.
2.cookies