title: How can I "pre-fill" the value of a textarea in an HTML form?
body: <p>I'm creating a simple back-end app through which the user can create/update/delete database rows (in this case, job listings).</p>
  
  <p>When it comes time for the user to edit an existing listing, I'm trying to pre-fill most of the HTML form with the data from that existing row. I've done this sucessfully for text inputs using the "value" property, and with selects using a bit of php in each option tag: if([conditionforoption]){echo'selected'}.</p>
  
  <p>The input type that I'm having trouble pre-filling is the textarea... any thoughts on how to get the existing data (a long varchar string) to be present in the textarea input when the user loads the page?</p>
  
  <p>I'm trying to stay away from a javascript solution if at all possible, but I'll use it if necessary.</p>