How can i make this a text-area instead of a input box?

[phpnoob11]

Hello, im using punbb and want to make a about me profile section, so far i have corrected the database column legth so it can fit in more that just one line (i have edited a existing field yahoo and renamed it so it now says bio next to it...) however if i edit the max lenght so users can see the bio better because its a input box it just one really long line box, but what i want is a text area?

 

Can some one please help me... i have tried just changing the input id= to text area equlas however it doesnt save the input and doesnt do anything...

 

<div class="sf-box text">
<label for="fld<?php echo ++$forum_page['fld_count'] ?>"><span><?php echo $lang_profile['Yahoo'] ?></span></label><br />


<span class="fld-input"><input id="fld<?php echo $forum_page['fld_count'] ?>" type="text" name="form[yahoo]" value="<?php echo(isset($form['yahoo']) ? forum_htmlencode($form['yahoo']) : forum_htmlencode($user['yahoo'])) ?>" size="200" maxlength="450" /></span>

</div> 

is what im trying to change

 

this is what i am trying to change it too

					<div class="sf-box text">
						<label for="fld<?php echo ++$forum_page['fld_count'] ?>"><span><?php echo $lang_profile['Yahoo'] ?></span></label><br />

						<span class="fld-input"><TEXTAREA NAME="fld<?php echo $forum_page['fld_count'] ?>" type="text" name="form[yahoo]" value="<?php echo(isset($form['yahoo']) ? forum_htmlencode($form['yahoo']) : forum_htmlencode($user['yahoo'])) ?>"  ROWS=3 COLS=30 >
</TEXTAREA></span>
			

i tried that the above but that didn't do anything... showed the textarea but it would not save anything...

 

any help please?

 

Thank you

 

i can post the whole profile.php if it helps?

I have tried asking on the punbb forums however i think punbb is dead and nobody answer questions anymore...

 

Thank you guys.

Edited July 3, 2013 by phpnoob11

[cyberRobot]

The value goes between the open and close textarea tags.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/textarea

[phpnoob11]

thanks for your reply when i try

 

<textarea name=""ld<?php echo $forum_page['fld_count'] ?>" type="text" name="form[yahoo]" value="<?php echo(isset($form['yahoo']) ? forum_htmlencode($form['yahoo']) : forum_htmlencode($user['yahoo'])) ?>"

 </textarea>

 

it will show the textarea box but it will be filled with loads of random html and the submit box seems to disappear.... so i think the rest of the goes in the textarea instead...

 

Is that what you mean with putting it the values inside?

[phpnoob11]

Is there a way i can make a textarea that the input box can echo and send to the database?

 

And is there a way to make text area display the input value if there is anything?

[cyberRobot]

The value needs to go between the open and close tag:

<textarea name="myTextArea" cols="30" rows="10">My Value</textarea>

Note: I would highly recommend reviewing the textarea link provided earlier (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/textarea). There are quite a few errors in your textarea code. To help fix the errors, you should run the form through the W3C validator:

http://validator.w3.org/