Re: php form with textarea

looks like it should work. try echoing $action and make sure that it's the value you want. you may want to try $_POST['action'] Adi wrote:

I have a php file with two textarea and one button; i want when i press button, value from textarea2 is filled in textarea1. can u help me? my try is: //file1.php .... if ($action == "change") { $arie1=$arie2; } .... echo "<textarea name='arie1' cols='50' rows='3'>$arie1</textarea>"; echo "<form action=file1.php?&action=change method=post>\n"; echo "<textarea name='arie2' cols='50' rows='3'>$arie2</textarea>";

echo    "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='save'>";

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