[SOLVED] Initial value...simple

[liamloveslearning]

Hey all, im jsut setting an initial value in my form field and having trouble putting a break under my own text, then the "echo'd" data; im not sure if you can use tags in form fields so if anyone can give me some pointers itd be great, thanks

 

<textarea name="message" type="text" id="message" value="" cols="20" rows="20"style="width:470px;resize:none;">----------------- Original Message -----------------<?php echo $row_reply_msg_id['message']; ?></textarea>