Textarea with htmlentities help

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Hi i'm not sure if using the below php in textarea

PHP

<textarea class="form-control" name="note_text" rows="7" placeholder="...">
 <?php echo htmlentities($this->note->note_text); ?>
</textarea>

is there another way to do so?

reason why I use htmlentities is because to prevent user input with " etc. break the HTML

Just so you are aware this is a form for editing a saved note in database

What I have tried:

I have tried this but displays weirdly in center of text area

PHP

<textarea class="form-control" name="note_text" rows="7" placeholder="...">
 <?php echo htmlentities($this->note->note_text); ?>
</textarea>

Posted 6-Feb-17 8:58am

Member 11838038

Updated 13-Feb-17 1:50am

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W∴ Balboos, GHB 7-Feb-17 11:00am

What does "displays weirdly" mean? Example, please!

It wouldn't be bad if you showed what you wanted to get vs. what you're getting.

Member 11838038 13-Feb-17 3:06am

Hi,

Sorry for delayed response,

What I meant was that the text is being displayed in the centre of the textarea also when using example input name="text_name" value="<?php echo htmlentities($this->note->note_text); ?>"
It would display hundreds and can submit data but when not using value="" its not allowing me to submit data. does textarea not support value="" do you have to use it within the textarea tags? <?php echo htmlentities($this->note->note_text); ?>

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W∴ Balboos, *GHB* · Answer 1 · 2017-02-13T01:50:00

Since your problem happens by what (I think) you describe as a blank text area, you should check what value is sent from that control when you submit it as blank.

If it's a NULL and not an empty string, you are probably causing some errors. A NULL value is not an empty string [see this] [^].

Perhaps something like:

PHP

<?php
  if(!isnull($this->note->note_text))
    echo htmlentities($this->note->note_text);
  else
    echo ""; // or whatever you want to do with an empty box
?>