Re: textarea

Oh yeah, and as Leif pointed out... the following HTML snippet is wrong, it's how you do input fields not text areas :| *heheh* Cheers, Rob. Robert Cummings wrote: > > 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. | > `---------------------------------------------' > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- .---------------------------------------------. | 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. | `---------------------------------------------'