pasting php code into a text area

[gilmourt]

hi,

For some reason when I try to use the code below, my php variable wont paste into a text area. It worked fine when it was just a text box, but this wont necessarily be big enough for a comment..

<td class="field_display_text" bordercolor="<?php print $table_background_colour; ?>">
<textarea name="comments" type="text" class="normal_form_field" rows="3" cols="69" value="<?php print $sql_item_row["comments"]; ?>"></textarea>
</td>

Any ideas?

[bad76]

Hi,
<TEXTAREA> has not a VALUE field.

It's just

<textarea name="comments" type="text" class="normal_form_field" rows="3" cols="69">

<?php print $sql_item_row["comments"]; ?>

</textarea>

see you