get input of textarea code example

Example 1: capture textarea value

<textarea id="myTextarea">
Hello World
</textarea>

<script>
  var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").value;
</script>

Example 2: form::textarea

{!! Form::textarea('placeOfDeath',null,['class'=>'form-control', 'rows' => 2, 'cols' => 40]) !!}