Question

echo form_textarea('general4', set_value('general4'), 'class="general"');

the set_value function doesn’t seem to work with the textarea so I tried this:

<textarea name='general4' class="general"><?=set_value('general4')?></textarea>

But still not working, any ideas?

Answer 1

to use form_textarea() in CI you pass parameters rows and coloumns as below

 $data = array(
      'name'        => 'txt_area',
      'id'          => 'txt_area',
      'value'       => 'johndoe',
      'rows'        => '5',
      'cols'        => '10',
      'style'       => 'width:50%',
    );

  echo form_textarea($data);

for more details refer CI user guide https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/form_helper.html#form_textarea