PHP Form Textarea
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Description
A text area field is similar to a text input field, but it allows the user to enter multiple lines of text.
Unlike most other controls, an initial value is placed between the <textarea> ... </textarea> tags, rather than in a value attribute.
A textarea element must include attributes for the height of the control in rows (rows) and the width of the control in columns (cols):
<label for="textAreaField">A text area field</label>
<textarea name="textAreaField" id="textAreaField" rows="4" cols="50"></textarea>
Example
Name the following script as index.htm. It has a text area and a submit button.
<html>/*from j a va 2 s. co m*/
<body>
<form action="index.php" method="get">
<textarea name="address" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="hit it!" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Name the following script as index.php. It reads the value from the textarea from the form above.
<?php
print "Your address is: <br/><b>" . $_GET ['address'] . "</b>";
?>
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