Setting value of a HTML form textarea?

Question

I\'m using the following to set the value of a text area..

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Answer 1

Also you can use this method...

 `<textarea  rows="12" id="mytextarea"><?php echo $bio; ?> </textarea>

  <script>
  document.getElementById(`mytextarea`).innerHTML="Include the text you want to display";
  </script>`

Answer 2

Textarea has no value. You need to insert your message between the opening and closing tags.

<textarea><?php echo htmlspecialchars($message); ?></textarea>

Answer 3

<textarea name="message" cols="40" rows="6"><?=$message?></textarea>

Note: Make sure $message is properly sanitized and that short_open_tag is enabled. Otherwise, @fabric's accepted answer is a better answer.