[Resolved] Display data from db in text area

[skeetley]

I am creating a form to edit data in my database. Everything is working fine, except my lone text area.

Example:

            <td><strong><font face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif'>Venue:</font></strong></td>
              <td><input name="event_venue" type="text" value="<?php echo $array['event_venue']; ?>" size="30"> </td>
            

works fine.

Example:

       

          <td valign='top'><strong><font face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif'>Description:</font></strong></td>
              <td><textarea name="event_description" cols="23" rows="5" value="<?php echo $array['event_description']; ?>"></textarea></td>

doesn't work fine.

I tried putting the n2lbr function in and that didn't help. I can only assume the problem comes from it being a text area because I have no issues with editting any other field. Ideas would be muchly appreciated.

[drew010]

with textareas, you dont put the contents in the value attribute like you do with other fields, it actually goes between the textarea tags

i.e.
<textarea name="text1" value="some text here"></textarea>
is incorrect. the proper usage is
<textarea name="text1">some text here</textarea>

so you will want to do this with your code

<td><textarea name="event_description" cols="23" rows="5"><?php echo $array['event_description']; ?></textarea></td>

[skeetley]

Thanks!