Re: HTML_Quickform - pre-populate a textarea field

On 5/6/06, Michael Larocque <mlarocque@prolumina.com> wrote:

Hi all, I've run into a problem trying to pre-populate a form. I'm pulling data out of a database and am presenting them for the user to edit. Setting the 'value' for text inputs works fine. i.e. this works:

        $attrs = array("class"=>"FCinput", "value"=>"$title");
        $this->addElement('text', 'title', 'Title', $attrs);

However 'value' isn't valid for textareas. The text needs to go between the <textarea> and </textarea> tags. i.e. this _doesn't_ work:

        $attrs = array("class"=>"FCtextarea", "value"=>"$shortDesc",

"rows"=>"10", "cols"=>"33");

        $this->addElement('textarea', 'shortDesc', 'Short Description<br />

(1K max)', $attrs); I haven't been able to figure out how to get this output:

        <textarea>$shortDesc</textarea>

Any pointers welcome.

Don't set the value attribute. The right way to set values for a form is $form->setDefaults(). -- Justin Patrin