[SOLVED] form, initial value

[liamloveslearning]

Hey all, im just 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>

[pocobueno1388]

Try using the nl2br() function

 

<textarea name="message" type="text" id="message" value="" cols="20" rows="20"style="width:470px;resize:none;">----------------- Original Message -----------------<?php echo nl2br($row_reply_msg_id['message']); ?></textarea>

[liamloveslearning]

thanks, it doesnt seem to have worked however; can I ask what does the nl2br function mean/do?

thanks again 

[jonsjava]

converts new lines ("enters", if you will) to HTML line breaks

[jonsjava]

Hey all, im just 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>

proper solution:

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

[liamloveslearning]

ahh thanks jonsjava that cracked it, thanks !