Inserting variable in textarea of form

[Anon]

Hi,

I have 2 variables:

<?
$email = "[e-mail]";

$bodytext = "my body text here";
?>

I want to show them both as a field value in a form:

<?
echo "<form action=\"formmail.pl\">
Email: <input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" size=\"38\" value=\"$email\"> <br><br>\n
<textarea cols=40 rows=10 value=\"$bodytext\"></textarea> <br>\n
<form>";
?>

The email address turns up fine, but the textarea does not show $bodytext (or anything else). What could be the problem?

[Anon]

okay, its just a syntax issue

<textarea cols=40 rows=10 value=\"$bodytext\"></textarea>
SHOULD BE CHANGED TO
<textarea cols=40 rows=10>$bodytext</textarea>

check that the $bodytext does not have incomplete \' or \" as that might mess up.

cheers
nilesh.

[Anon]

Hi Nilesh,

Thanks for your input, this was the trick that did it! I've got a smooth pop-up form now 🙂

cheers.