Posted by pacal on 10/11/94 11:52

Mike wrote:
> I have the following form in php..
>
> Enter Message:<br> <textarea name=\"body\" cols=\"50\" rows=\"10\">
> This is a test</textarea><br><br>
>
> Which displays a textbox and defaults the value to "This is a test".
>
> I want to store a message to a variable, say $testmessage = "This is a
> test message" and then display that. The following doesn't work...
>
> Enter Message:<br> <textarea name=\"body\" cols=\"50\" rows=\"10\">
> $testmessage</textarea><br><br>
>
> All I get is $testmessage and not whats in $testmessage.
>
> How do I get the default to show whats in the $testmessage string?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
do you use the php extension on your file (filename.php)

pacal

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