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

I agree with Teneff but I would break it out.

In the index.php I would have the following at the top of the doc

where your forms are it would be:

then I would have a seperate file on the root level called "default_text.php."