Generates an HTML `<textarea>...</textarea>` object.

Parameters

  • string $name The name of the field.
  • array $options The options to be used when generating the `<textarea />` tag pair, which are as follows: - `'value'` _string_: The content value of the field. - Any other options specified are rendered as HTML attributes of the element.

Returns

string Returns a `<textarea>` tag with the given name and HTML attributes.

Source

						public function textarea($name, array $options = array()) {
		list($name, $options, $template) = $this->_defaults(__FUNCTION__, $name, $options);
		list($scope, $options) = $this->_options(array('value' => null), $options);
		$value = isset($scope['value']) ? $scope['value'] : '';
		return $this->_render(__METHOD__, $template, compact('name', 'options', 'value'));
	}