is there a form alternative to text-area that is multi-line(not like input field)

Question

I would like to know if there is a multiline textarea you can put in a form that looks like this:

<form action="form.php" method="POST">
    <input name="field2" type="text" />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

as you can see, the php script is reliant on the FORM tag, is there any way I can make the textarea actually work in the form like an input element?(what i am trying to do is use php to save a text file server side when button clicked)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '16 at 01:43

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Yes. Just include the following within the form tags:

<textarea name='textfield' placeholder='type your text here'></textarea>

answered Feb 02 '16 at 01:43

Richard Theobald

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ok, ill try tommorow when I'm not so tired.. jeez I need to sleep – parseguy Feb 02 '16 at 01:45
is there any way to make the placeholder tag show a text file(.txt) in the textarea? – parseguy Feb 02 '16 at 13:13
You will need to use php to open the file and generate the strong, and then echo it as the placeholder text. – Richard Theobald Feb 03 '16 at 00:55
how can you do that plz im desprate! – parseguy Feb 03 '16 at 01:09
Google "return text file as string php" and then give it a try. If you can't figure it out, ask a new stack overflow question. – Richard Theobald Feb 03 '16 at 01:10
well I already asked [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35157500/how-to-display-a-txt-file-in-jquery/35163488#35163488) question... – parseguy Feb 03 '16 at 12:33

is there a form alternative to text-area that is multi-line(not like input field)

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