Getting the content of Text area

[Anon]

Hi,
i need to get the content of text area from HTML and print out the contents using Perl..Text Area is inside a Form.

[[deleted]]

well, this is a php-forum, so i'll give you a soloution in php and because i don't know perlmaybe you can port it into Perl and use folowing to get an idea:

you can get the content with javascript and redirect the page for instance to itself passing the content via the GET mehtod in the URL. E.g

HTML-Form:

<form>
<textarea>
this is the content
</textarea>
</form>

JavaScript:

<script type="text/javascript">
strTextareaContent = document.forms[0].elements[0].value;

window.location.href='self.php?str='+strTextareaContent+'';
</script>

Then in the self.php:

if(isset($GET["str"])){ // Here use the Perlarray for the Arguments passed in the URL (i have no clue what they are called)
echo $GET["str"];
}

that should be it , maybe there will come an error up in the line with window.location ... then just check the + signs and the '.

ali

[greg252]

yes, this is a php board.
in php
<?
if(!$submit){
echo "<form action=$PHP_SELF method=post>
<textarea cols=40 rows=3 name=text wrap=virtual></textarea>
<br>
<input type=submit name=submit value=submit>
</form>";
}
else {
echo "$text";
}

then you can format as you wish.