# Variable into textfield

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-into-textfield/59233
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [July 29, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-into-textfield/59233 "2004-07-29T14:32:06Z")
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### Author: ![bodyvisual](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bodyvisual/32/564_2.png) [@bodyvisual](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bodyvisual)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-into-textfield/59233/1 "2004-07-29T14:32:06Z")

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How do i pass a variable (like from a txt file) into a textarea in PHP? I’m a bit confused on how to do it…

thx in advance 😃

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-into-textfield/59233/2 "2004-07-29T17:06:24Z")

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I think you might need some JavaScript to acheive this. Im not 100% though.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-into-textfield/59233/3 "2004-07-29T17:09:40Z")

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i think you have to open the file first… 😛

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-into-textfield/59233/4 "2004-07-29T17:31:18Z")

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ie:

```php

#read from file
<?
$file = '???.txt' ;
$fh = fopen($file,'r') or die ("couldnt open file to read");
$file_size =filesize($file);
$file_content = fread($fh,$file_size);
fclose ($fh);
echo '<TEXTAREA NAME="" ROWS="" COLS="">'.$file_content.'</TEXTAREA>';
?>

```

No need for java @ all.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-into-textfield/59233/5 "2004-07-29T17:34:20Z")

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woot woot thanks a lot man!

😃