Posted by Dave M on 12/06/05 20:23

In article <dn4af9$sq9$2@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, Andrew @
Rockface says...
>
>mgraham81@verizon.net wrote:
>> I have created a text box that sis one line. I use the 'size=xxx' to
>> make it longer, buit i do not know how to make it taller to show more
>> than one line of characters. any help would be appreciated.
>
>Nothing to do with php but what you've described is an 'input' element
>with its type set to 'text'. The input element does not have a row or
>height attribute. What you need is the 'textarea' element (note the rows
>and cols attributes):
>
><textarea rows=20 cols=20>This is a text box</textarea>
>

Trying to relate to PHP : ) you could make the dimensions dynamic by making the
"rows" and "cols" variables. Such as...


<?php
//use some method to calculate these values
$rows = 20;
$cols = 80;
?>

<textarea rows="<?=$rows?>" cols="<?=$cols?>">This is a text box</textarea>


Dave
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