text in textarea to next page's textarea

Hi,

Supposed I have one sequence file in following one-page's textarea

Code like "

<FORM ACTION=FastM2.php METHOD=POST >
Cut and paste nucleic acid sequence or database query:
<BR>
<TEXTAREA NAME=sequence ROWS=6 COLS=80></TEXTAREA>

but I want to run another php script to directly put the sequence file into next page's textarea.

Code like "
<?php

echo ("<br>");
echo ("<TEXTAREA NAME=\"sequence\" ROWS=8 COLS=50>sequence</TEXTAREA>");

However, error seemed to occur at

echo ("<TEXTAREA NAME=\"sequence\" ROWS=8 COLS=50>sequence</TEXTAREA>");

Have anybody know how to work out?

Thanks,

try reversing the order of your break into php mode there...

in other words.. you are breaking IN to php mode to display a bunch of html text using echo.. why?

do it like so:

?>
<br>
<TEXTAREA NAME="sequence" ROWS=8 COLS=50><? echo $sequence ?></TEXTAREA>
<?php

Not sure if thats what was causing the error but its generally a better practice (less typing too).