Many thanks Jeff, Paul and Mike, The solution worked - much appreciated. Chris. > -----Original Message----- > From: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:php- > objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Bennett > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:40 PM > To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: How do you make the contents > of a text box remain, even after clicking send, with errors ? > > You want to move the textarea contents text to between the > <textarea> > and </textarea> tags: > > <TEXTAREA style="FONT-SIZE: 13px;" > name="comments" > rows="7" cols="21" value="comments" type="text" > maxLength="32" size="14" > onchange="Form1.send.focus()"/> > <?php echo $_POST['comments']; ?> > </TEXTAREA> > > -jmb > > Chris wrote: > > >At the moment, the visitor inputs a load of text > >into the comments box, but if they click send and > >there's errors in other fields on the page, the > >comments box goes blank and they have to start all > >over again ;-( Trying to get it so that the > >comments box stays complete). > > > >Do I have to refer to the field or field name > >elsewhere in the code please? Getting a bit stuck > >on this ;-( > > > >Any help appreciated. > > > >Chris > > > ><TEXTAREA style="FONT-SIZE: 13px;" > name="comments" > >rows="7" cols="21" value="comments" type="text" > >value="<?php echo $_POST['comments']; ?>" > >maxLength="32" size="14" > >onchange="Form1.send.focus()"/> > ></TEXTAREA> > > PHP Data object relational mapping generator http://www.metastorage.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/