Stripping textarea code...

I am having a problem , i would like to print out some text... in a <textarea></textarea> ... the problem is that the code is bracking... because in the textarea i will have html code, that will also include the word </textarea>

 

change < to &lt;
you can make > &gt; if you want

 

If you are working with PHP, just run the text to be displayed in the texarea through the htmlentities function. This example is from the php.net website:

$orig = "I'll \"walk\" the <b>dog</b> now";
$a = htmlentities($orig);
echo $a; // I'll &quot;walk&quot; the &lt;b&gt;dog&lt;/b&gt; now

PHP:

 

thx you a lot