question on calling info from db to form field?

i am writing a little reminders script (because i have some short -term memory!) in php and i have all of the bugs worked out... it connects to a database called reminders, and one single table called "rems" and so i was wondering when i go to edit the reminder (by clicking on it and re-filling the form out) how i can have the content of the form already filled in... i have three main variables (which are connected to its respective row in the mysql db); those are $id, $title, and $content. Somehow, the "title" field of the edit page is filled it...but since i changed the "reminder" field to the <textarea> tag, from its prior <input ...> tag, it does not fill itself in from the variables....!?!?

anyone know where ive gone wrong here??

What's the code you're currently using? You should be able to fill in the textarea by using this code:



That should populate your textarea with the data retrieved from your database table.

thanks a lot!

i was using..


when i should have been using


rule #1 of php: its those minor things that get you lol thanks

Glad to help... Anytime!