JavaScript textarea set text code example

Example 1: 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;

Example 2: javascript add text to textarea overwrite

var $log = $('#myTextArea');

function log(text) { //Remember to clear your text variable each iteration
    $log.empty();
    $log.append(text);
}

// Whichever function during which you want to print to the text area:
//...
log("Hello world!");
//...