textarea in javascript code example

Example 1: js html textarea tag access

/*Let's say you have the following <textarea> tag:
<textarea id="inputMethod"></textarea>

And you want to see it's value. Here's a function you could use:
*/

function getTextArea() {
  let value = document.getElementById("inputMethod").value; // Gets value of 'inputMethod' textarea
  console.log(value); // Prints value to console
  return value;
}

Example 2: html set textarea value

// To set the textarea value, you must insert the TEXT into the element.
<textarea>VALUE</textarea>
// javascript
var textarea = `<textarea>${value}</textarea>`;
document.getElementById('my_textarea_id').textContent = 'foo'
// php
$value = 'foo';
$textarea = "<textarea>$value</textarea>";
echo $textarea;