how can i recall data from an SQL table TEXT field into and HTML textarea using PHP? (all part of a simple Article Management System)

Question

I building my own simple article management system, and have run into a bit of trouble upon creating a page to edit the articles.

I am able to recall the title and tagline of the articles in the form input using the 'value' attribute.

However, I am yet to work out how to do the same thing with the form textarea as it has no 'value' attribute.

Also, can the same be done with a dropdown menu in the HTML form select?

Answer 1

The textarea input type does not have a value field, the value must be placed within the tag itself. For example:

<textarea>Here are the contents of the textarea</textarea>

To populate the select field, the syntax would be:

<select> <option value="value1">Value 1</option> </select>