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How to use textarea in html forms?
Trying to create an html form that includes a textarea, then sends the info inputted to my email. Tried making it but found that all data in input type = ‘text’ fields sent, but the textarea didnt. Any ideas why this didnt work? and how to fix it?
Make sure you close your textarea tag. Many people forget to do this do to the fact that input tags are self closing.
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