Re: textarea

Indeed this is a PHP question. The question is how to propogate the value of a textarea in one form into the textarea of another form in the next sequential page via a PHP variable. The answer to his question lies in retrieving the value for the first textarea via the PHP $GLOBALS['HTTP_POST_VARS'] array such that in the first page he has something like follows: <? $descrip1 = 'Default text!'; ?> <textarea name=descrip1 rows=5 cols=60 value="<? echo $descrip1 ?>"></textarea> And in the second form he will have something like: <? $descrip1 = $GLOBALS['HTTP_POST_VARS']; ?> <textarea name=descrip1 rows=5 cols=60 value="<? echo $descrip1 ?>"></textarea> Hope that helps, Rob. Ps. After writing the above a realized you don't need to assign the POST value to $descrip1 if you are using register globals (which I haven't used in months :). Leif K-Brooks wrote: > > 1. This has nothing to do with PHP! > 2. This has nothing to do with PHP! > 3. You can find out within the first few results of a google search that > the value goes between the <textarea> and </textarea> tags, not in an > attribute. > > Diksha Neel wrote: > > > dear mr. wong, > > > > went through the information provided by the > > links you gave me. > > but it did not clear my doubt. > > i'm sorry for troubling you but > > what i want to ask is the following: > > > > in a form in a PHP page i have the following: > > > > <textarea name=descrip1 rows=5 cols=60 > > name=\"descrip1\"></textarea> > > > > the first form is posted to the next which tries to > > retrieve the value of the above textarea as follows: > > > > <textarea name=descrip1 rows=5 cols=60 > > value=\"$descrip1\"></textarea> > > > > but i am not getting the value of textarea of the first form > > retrieved in the second. > > > > thanks, > > diksha. -- .---------------------------------------------. | Worlds of Carnage - http://www.wocmud.org | :---------------------------------------------: | Come visit a world of myth and legend where | | fantastical creatures come to life and the | | stuff of nightmares grasp for your soul. | `---------------------------------------------'