help with non text box

The below html give you a white bar. and you can type things in it. i need help figuring out the html for this where i get the same box but a user cannot type in the box. the box will be used to show data. im assuming i change the imput type or method. I stole this from a previous thing i made. help?

<form method='post' action=test.php>
<input type='text' name='name' value='value' maxlength='X'>
</form>

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That's easy, see below:

<form method='post' action=test.php>
<input type='text' name='name' value='value' maxlength='X' readonly />
</form>

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Thank you very much. works perfect. im new to tagging and coding. worked perfect

 

Hey, welcome to DP
I'm sure you'll get to learn things while being here.

 

A quick pointer for broader compatiblity with newer standards-
Attribute values should be enclosed in double quotes as opposed to single, and they should always be specified. So your code would look like:

<form method="post" action="test.php">
<input type="text" name="name" value="value" maxlength="X" readonly="readonly" />
</form>

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