HTML/PHP - default input value

You need to check the return of get_option first, and substitute something if a default is not available

<?php    $default = get_option('your_name');    if( $default == "")    {        $default = <whatever your default value is>;    }?><input type="text" name="your_name" value="<?php echo $default; ?>" />

Change get_option to return an empty string (or something else) if the default is not available.

you can change the get_option() function to be something like

function get_option($name) {   $defaults = array(      'fist_name' => 'Mike',      'fist_name' => 'Wordpressor',      'my_name' => 'Dunno'   );   // get the value from the $defaults array   $val = $defaults[$name];   // but if the same value has already been posted - replace the default one   if (isset($_POST[$name])) {      $val = $_POST[$name];   }   return $val;}

This is How I solved this issue in my problem which I believe is similar, when $_POST is read the value is populated from the $_POST value else sets a default of Mike

value="<?php if (isset($_POST['name'])) echo $_POST['name']; else echo "Mike"?>" >

Hope this helps someone oneday