Hi,
to put a value in a form you can use value field of input tag:
<input name=phone value="555-334234">
will put 555-334234 in textfield.
Is the same if you have value in a variable:
<input name=phone value="<?=$myphone?>">
With <textarea> you don't use value, but echo variable in <textarea> tag:
<textarea name=body>
all i nedd
</textarea>
then
<textarea name=body><?=$mybody?></textarea>
I hope this help you...