Get value from textarea in PHP

Description

The following code shows how to get value from textarea.

Example


<html>/*ww w.  j ava 2  s  . c o m*/
<body>
<div>
<form action="index.php" method="post">
<p><input type="text" name="user" /></p>
<p><textarea name="address" rows="5" cols="40">
 </textarea></p>
<p><select name="products[]" multiple="multiple">
  <option>A</option>
  <option>B</option>
  <option>C</option>
  <option>D</option>
</select></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="hit it!" /></p>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>

The following code is for index.php.


<html>/*  w ww . java 2 s .c  o  m*/
<body>
<div>
 <?php
  print "Welcome <b>" . $_POST ['user'] . "</b><br/>";
  print "Your address is:<br/><b>" . $_POST ['address'] . "</b><br/>\n";
  
  if (is_array ( $_POST ['products'] )) {
    print "<p>Your product choices are:</p>";
    print "<ul>";
    foreach ( $_POST ['products'] as $value ) {
      print "<li>$value</li>\n";
    }
    print "</ul>";
  }
  ?>
 </div>
</body>
</html>




















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