flsouto/httextar

Creates textarea fields

HtTextar

Produces Textareas. This is an extension of the HtTextin class., _(*1)

Installation

Run composer:, _(*2)

composer require flsouto/httextar

Usage

By default, the textar widget is rendered in writable mode. See example:, _(*3)

<?php
use FlSouto\HtTextar;
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$field = new HtTextar('description');
$field->context(['description'=>'This is a very long description']);

echo $field;

Outputs:, _(*4)

 This is a very long description
 

 

Switch to Readonly

Use the readonly method to switch to readonly mode:, _(*5)

use FlSouto\HtTextar;
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$field = new HtTextar('description');
$field->readonly();
$field->context(['description'=>'This is a very long description']);

echo $field;

Outputs:, _(*6)

 This is a very long description
 

 

Setting dimensions of textarea

You can set the cols and rows attributes by using the respective methods:, _(*7)

use FlSouto\HtTextar;

$field = new HtTextar('description');
$field->cols(80)->rows(10);

echo $field;

Outputs:, _(*8)

Notice: this is only a shortcut to calling $field->attrs(['cols'=>80,'rows'=>10]), _(*9)

Alternative syntax for setting dimensions

You can use the size method passing a string in the format "COLSxROWS" to set both dimensions in one go:, _(*10)

$field = new HtTextar('description');
$field->size('80x10');

echo $field;

Output:, _(*11)

To learn more about everything you can do with this widget, please refer to the following documentations: - HtTextin - HtWidget - HtField, _(*12)