Re: output data to a text box

Hello Panos, Friday, October 28, 2005, 3:05:48 PM, you wrote: > What i'm trying to do, is manipulate data that will appear in > something that will look like a multiline textbox. Unfortunately > <textarea> doesn't allow tags within it, thus not <?php... either. Looks like a textarea or is a textarea. Two different things. If you want it to look like a textarea, do something like: <div style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;"><?php echo $text;?></div> Although I prefer to use inset borders like: <div style="border-style: inset;"><?php echo $text;?></div> Play with css padding till you like it. If it is a texarea, then do something like this: echo '<textarea rows="10" cols="50">' . $original_text . '</textarea>'; You might need one or more of the following depending on what you're displaying: nl2br() htmlentities() htmlspecialchars() -- TBUDL/BETA/DEV/TECH Lists Moderator / PGP 0x6C0AB16B __ ____ ____ ____ Geocaching: http://gps.PCWize.com ( ) ( ___)(_ _)( ___) TBUDP Wiki Site: http://www.PCWize.com/thebat/tbudp )(__ )__) _)(_ )__) Roguemoticons & Smileys: http://PCWize.com/thebat (____)(____)(____)(__) PHP Tutorials and snippets: http://www.DevTek.org 3 kinds of people: those who can count & those who can't.