RE: [PHP-WIN] Text area

At 08:24 AM 1/30/01 +0200, you wrote: >It does work on the face of it. But when you >query the database the field is empty even if you filled >it in. > Try something like this... <?php print " <textarea cols=\"60\" rows=\"7\" name=\"LongDesc\">"; if ($editing) { print "$desc_long"; } print "</textarea>\n"; ?> Note that there's no blank lines between the <textarea> and </textarea> tags besides those present in the $desc_long string that was retrieved from the database. That avoids adding undesired blank lines and spaces. -Mike Come the millennium month 12, in the home of the greatest power, the village idiot will come forth to be acclaimed the leader. (Nostradamus, 1555) I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes. (George W. Bush, 2000)