How to add a new line in textarea element in php code? - php

Question

I want to add a newline in a textarea. I tried with < p> tag but it's not working. Can you help me to insert a newline in a textarea? Please find the code above for a generic contact form. Where should I add tags for line breaks here?
public function cs_form_textarea_render($params = '') {
global $post, $pagenow;
extract($params);
if ( $pagenow == 'post.php' ) {
$cs_value = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'cs_' . $id, true);
} else {
$cs_value = $std;
}
if ( isset($cs_value) && $cs_value != '' ) {
$value = $cs_value;
} else {
$value = $std;
}
$cs_rand_id = time();
if ( isset($force_std) && $force_std == true ) {
$value = $std;
}
$html_id = ' id="cs_' . sanitize_html_class($id) . '"';
$html_name = ' name="cs_' . sanitize_html_class($id) . '"';
if ( isset($array) && $array == true ) {
$html_id = ' id="cs_' . sanitize_html_class($id) . $cs_rand_id . '"';
$html_name = ' name="cs_' . sanitize_html_class($id) . '_array[]"';
}
$cs_required = '';
if ( isset($required) && $required == 'yes' ) {
$cs_required = ' required="required"';
}
$cs_output = '<div class="' . $classes . '">';
$cs_output .= ' <textarea' . $cs_required . ' rows="5" cols="30"' . $html_id . $html_name . ' placeholder="' . $name . '">' . sanitize_text_field($value) . '</textarea>';
$cs_output .= $this->cs_form_description($description);
$cs_output .= '</div>';
if ( isset($return) && $return == true ) {
return force_balance_tags($cs_output);
} else {
echo force_balance_tags($cs_output);
}
}

Answer 1

Just add a "\n" char somewhere between your text area tags
$cs_output .= ' <textarea' . $cs_required . ' rows="5" cols="30"' . $html_id . $html_name . ' placeholder="' . $name . '">' . sanitize_text_field($value) . "\n" . "this text is on a new line". '</textarea>';

Answer 2

You will try to add "\n" before your end position of the tag. You need to concatenate Like ."\n".