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Posted by Casey Hodgson
Casey Hodgson
2,092 Points

*Answered* Submitting text in a <textarea>, but have the submitted text remain after submitting?

Sorry guys for the stupid title, I wasn't sure what to put really, and that pretty much explains it exactly how it is. :)

Basically I'm making a plugin for WordPress, and inside my admin settings, I have a few options to change, and there is a <textarea> tag there also.

What I can't figure out how to do, is once the user has inserted their text, and then clicked the submit button, the page refreshes, but the text is gone and inserted into the database. I want to have the text inputted, remain in that text box, so the user can come back and edit whatever is in there, whenever they want.

My plugin is adding custom text onto the site that the user wants to have.

There is a screenshot of my admin page, and of the textarea. Here is also a snippet of my current code for the textarea:

My custom settings page

    <table class="form-table">
    <tr valign="top">
    <th scope="row">Text Color</th>
    <td><input type="text" name="new_option_name" value="<?php echo get_option('new_option_name'); ?>" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr valign="top">
    <th scope="row">Some Other Option</th>
    <td><input type="text" name="some_other_option" value="<?php echo get_option('some_other_option'); ?>" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr valign="top">
    <th scope="row">Options, Etc.</th>
    <td><input type="text" name="option_etc" value="<?php echo get_option('option_etc'); ?>" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr valign="top">
    <th scope="row">Font Size</th>
    <td><input type="text" name="font_size" value="<?php echo get_option('font_size'); ?>" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>    
    <th scope="row">Text Area</th>
    <td><textarea name="post_text" cols="60" rows="10"><?=$post_text?></textarea></td>  

    </tr>

</table>

<?php submit_button(); ?>

Sorry if it doesn't 'markdown' properly.

Any and all help is massively appreciated guys and gals. :)

Thank you.

Casey.

2 Answers

Casey Hodgson
Casey Hodgson
2,092 Points

I'm sorry, I managed to get this sorted myself! =0)

Although, I probably have another question coming up hehe.

Ryan Carson
Ryan Carson
23,287 Points
Ryan Carson
Ryan Carson
23,287 Points

Good hustle Casey! :)