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How can i create a proper message text area with input tag to store php value?

  • php
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  • 4 years ago



     <form method="POST">
        <div class="input_field">
         <label for="comments" class="label">Message: <b class="error">*</b></label>
         <input type="text" name="comments" class="form-control" value="<?php echo $comments; ?>"> 
         </input>
        </div>
        </form>
        
        
        VS 
        
         <textarea id="form_message" name="message" class="form-control" placeholder="Message for me *" rows="4" required="required" data-error="Please,leave us a message."></textarea>

Hi there, i am using php and HTML to do up a contact us form. I understand that with the <textarea> header I can give a nice message box where the wordings doesn't get hide behind the screen as it's wrapped nicely with sufficient space. However, I would want to keep the value of the form intact on their message to allow user to edit the form before submitting it again. How can I achieve the textarea box with an input tag?    

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4 years ago

Can i check if this works?

<textarea class="form-control" rows="3" name="msg" placeholder="Your message here." onfocus='this.select()'>

<?php if (isset($_POST['encode'])) { echo htmlspecialchars($_POST['msg']);} ?>

</textarea>