show textbox with default value

[Anon]

From mysql table : default value for mailbox is 5.
How to show this default value in my textbox?
Any help??

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Just print it as the 'value'

echo '<input type="text" value="'.$something.'">';

[matto]

if you mean "textarea", it goes like this:
echo "<textarea name=myname>$something</textarea>";

note that - if you intend to put HTML code inside the TA - you must not have a </textarea> inside $something.

workaround:
$something = str_replace('</textarea>', '<!/textarea>', $something);

when writing it somewhere (e.g. database, text/html file), reverse the replacement.