include php tags in a text area!

[roflmycrisps]

Hi!

 

I have a text area on my webpage which takes in user php scripts and produces an output in an adjacent window. I am trying to find out how I can auto include some php tags into the input text area so that the user doesn't have to keep typing them in every time.

 

<form name="form1" method="post" ACTION="editor.php">
		       	<textarea rows="10" cols="60" id="code" name="code"></textarea>
		   		<span class="submitbutton">Test code</span>
		       </form>

 

Thanks in advance,

Jay

[Muddy_Funster]

try:

<form name="form1" method="post" ACTION="editor.php">
		       	<textarea rows="10" cols="60" id="code" name="code"><?php echo '<pre><?php

?></pre>'; ?></textarea>
		   		<span class="submitbutton">Test code</span>
		       </form>

[roflmycrisps]

Thanks! Never thought of echo'ing the tags out. I presumed it would break my interpreter for some reason. It worked anyway, cheers!

Jay

[scootstah]

You can also use entities for the < >

<textarea rows="10" cols="60" id="code" name="code"><?php ?></textarea>