The textarea tag
The textarea tag creates a multi-line input field for use in HTML forms.
Unlike the input tag, textarea allows you to enter multiple lines of text, separating them with the Enter key.
The textarea tag must be inside the form tag. This is not mandatory, it is necessary for sending data to the server and its subsequent processing via PHP.
By default, the user can resize the textarea tag by dragging its bottom right corner. This behavior can be changed using the CSS property resize.
Example . Just textrea
Let's see how the textarea tag works:
<textarea></textarea>
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Example . Default text
Let's try to add default text to the textarea tag. Note that, unlike the input tag, the textarea tag does not have the value attribute, and the default text is written between the opening and closing tags:
<textarea>some text</textarea>
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Example . Stray spaces
Please note that if you place the opening and closing tags on different lines, then extra spaces will appear in this input field (how to combat this: do not place them on different lines):
<textarea>
some text
</textarea>
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Example . Hint in textarea
Now let's add a hint placeholder to the textarea tag:
<textarea placeholder="i am a hint"></textarea>
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