HTML/PHP - default input value

Question

I have a post php form and a set of inputs:

1. Your Name
2. Your Last Name
3. My Name

Every input looks the same, only the names change

Answer 1

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;
}