Putting PHP into a <textarea> problem

[follyfoot]

Hi all,

 

I've created the following form;

 

// Form with all teams

function get_form() {

    $s .= '<form action="' . $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] . '">' . "\n";

    $s .= '<textarea name="names" rows="8" cols="40">' . "\n";

    $s .= 'echo $tname;' . "\n";

    $s .= '</textarea>' . "\n";

    $s .= '<input type="submit" value="Generate Fixtures" />' . "\n";

    $s .= "</form>\n";

    return $s;

}

 

but the problem is the echo $tname is outputing as "echo $tname" instead of the variable, it seems it won't recognise php within the form.

 

Any help you would greatly appriciated

 

Many thanks

 

Folly

[adam291086]

'echo $tname;' . "\n";

change to

echo $tname. "\n";

[revraz]

Could probably do it without echo too.

 

But your single quotes are what is making it the actual name instead of what the variable contains.

[follyfoot]

hmm getting a nasty

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ECHO in W:\www\league\fixture3.php on line 34

 

error

[adam291086]

whats at line 34 can't help without know where the error is

[follyfoot]

o sorry my mistake

 

30 - // Form with all teams

31 - function get_form() {

32 - $s .= '<form action="' . $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] . '">' . "\n";

33 - $s .= '<textarea name="names" rows="8" cols="40">' . "\n";

34 - $s .= echo blah; . "\n";

35 - $s .= '</textarea>' . "\n";

36 - $s .= '<input type="submit" value="Generate Fixtures" />' . "\n";

37 - $s .= "</form>\n";

38 - return $s;

39 - }

 

[kjtocool]

34 - $s .= echo blah; . "\n";

 

should be:

 

34 - $s .= echo 'blah' . "\n";

[revraz]

or

echo $tname. "\n";

 

as stated before

or

 

echo "$tname \n";