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can I set color of text within the line of attached php?

Hi

I've a line of text I want to change color on within php - the color of the line is set by CSS for all instances of textarea so I can't change via CSS without affecting the rest of the site - I'd like to specify within this code the color I want the text to appear here

<td><?php echo tep_draw_textarea_field('message', 'soft', 40, 8); ?></td>

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the code that sets html output is where I'm hoping alternatively it may be possible to add another parameter to set a color -

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// Output a form textarea field
  function tep_draw_textarea_field($name, $wrap, $width, $height, $text = '', $parameters = '', $reinsert_value = true) {
    global $HTTP_GET_VARS, $HTTP_POST_VARS;

    $field = '<textarea name="' . tep_output_string($name) . '" wrap="' . tep_output_string($wrap) . '" cols="' . tep_output_string($width) . '" rows="' . tep_output_string($height) . '"';

    if (tep_not_null($parameters)) $field .= ' ' . $parameters;

    $field .= '>';

    if ( ($reinsert_value == true) && ( (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name]) && is_string($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name])) || (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name]) && is_string($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name])) ) ) {
      if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name]) && is_string($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name])) {
        $field .= tep_output_string_protected(stripslashes($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name]));
      } elseif (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name]) && is_string($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name])) {
        $field .= tep_output_string_protected(stripslashes($HTTP_POST_VARS[$name]));
      }
    } elseif (tep_not_null($text)) {
      $field .= tep_output_string_protected($text);
    }

    $field .= '</textarea>';

    return $field;
  }

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thanks

sweetfa2

<td><?php echo tep_draw_textarea_field('<font color=somecolor>' . 'message' . '</font>', 'soft', 40, 8); ?></td>

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tramworksnick

ASKER

sorry - had no effect

hielo

<td><?php echo tep_draw_textarea_field('message', 'soft', 40, 8,'style="color:blue;background-color:white;" '); ?></td>

should affect only that specific textarea (but as a whole). What you cannot do is change the color for a specific line of text within the textarea.

tramworksnick

ASKER

Hi

I want to change all the text but still no joy but this time its displayed white text as before but added as text - style="color:black;background-color:white;"

hielo

try adding important! at the end of each rule:
<td><?php echo tep_draw_textarea_field('message', 'soft', 40, 8,'style="color:black !important;background-color:white !important;" '); ?></td>

tramworksnick

ASKER

just added !important to white text - sorry

hielo

>>I want to change all the text but still no joy but this time its displayed white text as before but added as text - style="color:black;background-color:white;"
background-color:white is the default (unless you are explicitly overriding them via css). Are you sure you don't want:
background-color:black; color:white;

hielo

If the problem persists, look at your browser's source code. What is the markup that your page is producing?

tramworksnick

ASKER

Hi

Definitely want black on white background - I've got the white background no problem just want to set the text to black

Output below -

<td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" class="infoBox">
					  <tr>
						<td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" border="0" width="100%">
							<tr><td><textarea name="message" wrap="soft" cols="40" rows="8">style=&quot;color:black !important;background-color:white !important;&quot; </textarea></td></tr>
						</table></td>
					  </tr>

					</table></td>

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tramworksnick

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thanks for persevering - a big help