write HTML into TEXTAREA using PHP

anshul · December 2nd, 2004, 09:07 AM

i m using 'htmlarea' as TEXTAREA in a FORM to let users insert data.
( http://www.htmlarea.com/ )

users can write WYSIWYG type HTML code; that gets inserted ( as e.g. this is <STRONG>India</STRONG> today. ) into db.

a big problem is now i want2call this is <STRONG>India</STRONG> today. from db into (value attribute!) of TEXTAREA

is should display as: this is India today.
so users can edit posted content easily.

richard.york · December 2nd, 2004, 10:52 AM

Which version of HTMLArea are you using?? The API is pretty different between v2 and v3.

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richard.york · December 2nd, 2004, 11:49 AM

Ok, just looked at my implementation of HTMLArea. I am using v2 for IE and v3 for Firefox, both versions take the value from the textarea and place that value into the WYSIWYG automatically. So all you have to do is insert the value into the textarea like you normally would (e.g. between <textarea> and </textarea> tags). If on the other hand you have to insert a value after the WYSIWYG has loaded, have a look at the JS source, htmlarea.js, for the right method.

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Rich

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anshul · December 4th, 2004, 05:08 AM

thank u richard, i m using htmlArea v2.03

mistake was just that i put <textarea value="html_markup"></textarea>
as you know, it should be <textarea>html_markup</textarea>

other simple question, i've: how to prevent abuse of javascript code, users enter ? any other concern for discipline of users ?

12345 · March 5th, 2009, 07:12 AM

Hi , i just need a script to make text bold italic underline and save html format , please post link if anybody knows
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http://askmeflash.com

surya · March 12th, 2009, 01:16 AM

Try out these links

http://koivi.com/WYSIWYG-Editor/

http://www.freerichtexteditor.com/download/

RandiR · March 27th, 2009, 12:15 PM

Hello 12345:

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Hi , i just need a script to make text bold italic underline and save html format

I think surya posted some excellent suggestions. Another alternative is to use biterscripting (http://www.biterscripting.com .) . It will allow you to do this activity at run-time, right as part of your web server, although the earlier suggestions may also work that way.

When trying biterscripting, make sure you follow instructions at http://www.biterscripting.com/install.html . That will download all their sample scripts, so you can look at all the coding and scripting samples.

Randi