form question

[kaos057]

This is probably an html problem but I'm sure someone here knows what to do.

I have a textarea like this:

    

    <TEXTAREA  name="story" rows="8" cols="50">
    <?php echo $myrow['news_text']?>
    </textarea>

It displays what I want it to but it puts spaces in front of the first line. What am I doing wrong or what do I need to do to fix it?

[sarahk]

your code won't look as nice but the solution is just to remove the white space

<TEXTAREA  name="story" rows="8" cols="50"><?php echo $myrow['news_text']?> 
    </textarea> 

[LordShryku]

Try putting it all on to one line and adding a trim() to it...

<TEXTAREA  name="story" rows="8" cols="50"><? echo trim($myrow['news_text']); ?></textarea>