firedrop84 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I just would like to ask if anyone knows how I am able to display the value of any variable into a textarea. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/5846-didplay-into-a-textarea/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
toplay Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Example:... name="var_name" value="<?PHP echo $my_value; ?>" ...Look into perhaps using htmlentities() depending on what you're putting in the value area:[a href=\"http://us3.php.net/htmlentities\" target=\"_blank\"]http://us3.php.net/htmlentities[/a] Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/5846-didplay-into-a-textarea/#findComment-20839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakus_maximus Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 [!--quoteo(post=358524:date=Mar 26 2006, 09:46 AM:name=toplay)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(toplay @ Mar 26 2006, 09:46 AM) [snapback]358524[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]Example:... name="var_name" value="<?PHP echo $my_value; ?>" ...Look into perhaps using htmlentities() depending on what you're putting in the value area:[a href=\"http://us3.php.net/htmlentities\" target=\"_blank\"]http://us3.php.net/htmlentities[/a][/quote]I may be incorrect on this, so catch me if I am toplay. But I didnt think you could declare a "value=" for a text area. I know you can with a text input field. See the snippet below:[code] <body> <P>My Text Field</P> <P><INPUT id="Text1" type="text" name="Text1" value="<? echo $solution; ?>"></P> <P> </P> <P>My Text Area</P> <P><TEXTAREA id="Textarea1" name="Textarea1" rows="2" cols="20"><? echo $myvar; ?></TEXTAREA></P> </body>[/code]As I said, I may be wrong, but I have never been able to use the "value=" parameter for a TEXTAREA. This always works. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/5846-didplay-into-a-textarea/#findComment-21638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 [!--quoteo--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]As I said, I may be wrong, but I have never been able to use the "value=" parameter for a TEXTAREA. This always works.[/quote]Beacuse the textare tag is not part of the <input> tag family and so has an opening and closing tag just like the paragraph tag. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/5846-didplay-into-a-textarea/#findComment-21641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
toplay Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I didn't take firedrop question literally. Yes, that's what you would do with a text area.FYI: If you have html to display in the input/textarea or any characters that could get interpreted as part of the html syntax (i.e. <), then it's best to do: echo htmlentities($var); Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/5846-didplay-into-a-textarea/#findComment-21684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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