Help With Forms Please

golfinggod

Im trying to create a form object in PHP, its a multiline text field. The idea is to echo some code into it so that the client can copy it and paste it onto there site.

The problem is the textfield wont echo the code, the php code is below.

<?php 

		$test="yes";
		echo  "<textarea name=\"Code\" cols=\"70\" rows=\"6\" wrap=\"OFF\" class=\"Form-Box-Lite\">$test
</textarea> "  ?>

The_Chancer

Remeber the semi-colon is your friend...

<?php 

        $test="yes";
        echo  "<textarea name=\"Code\" cols=\"70\" rows=\"6\" wrap=\"OFF\" class=\"Form-Box-Lite\">$test
</textarea> ";  ?>

TTT

it's easier to read if you use:

<?   $test="yes"; 
       print  "<textarea name='Code' cols='70' rows='6' wrap='OFF' class='Form-Box-Lite'>$test</textarea>";  ?>

Weedpacket

Except the ; is optional just before a ?>

My suspicion is this "echo some code into it" bit - and I'm wondering if $test is something with < and > characters in it (and not just the word "yes") that hasn't been run through htmlspecialchars.

dave420

The code works... your problem lies elsewhere, young padawan.

golfinggod

Thanks guys i found the problem. An if stateament earlier in the page was missing the closeing }