setting Default Text inside Yii textarea - php

Question

I'm new to Yii and i am facing issues with it. Hope some pros here can help me solve this. I bought a script online and i am editing it to my needs.
I want to have a text area with default texts. Example;
Name:
Age:
Sex:
what it is generating now:
<textarea class="span vertical medium" name="MAccount[accountInfo]" id="MAccount_accountInfo"></textarea>
what i want it to generate,or something like this :
<textarea class="span vertical medium" name="MAccount[accountInfo]" id="MAccount_accountInfo">Name: <br> Age: <br> Sex:</textarea>
something like above. But i only able to produce a textarea with blank/no content.below is my code,it is located inside a worklet.;
public function properties() {
$properties = array(
'elements' => array(
'accountInfo' => array(
'type' => 'textarea',
'class' => 'span vertical medium',
),
'email' => array(
'disabled' => true,
'append' => $this->model()->role == 'unverified' ? $this->t('unverified') : $this->t('verified'),
'hint' => $this->model()->role == 'unverified' ? $this->resendBtn() : '',
),
wm()->get('project.edit.buttons', array('step' => $this->step, 'projectId' => $this->project->id))->render('tools', array(), true),
),
'model' => $this->model(),
'class' => 'projectEditForm',
);
return $properties;
}

Answer 1

Default values are set in your model, not in your view. So you have to look in your model/ directory and locate the right model there. There you can add
public $accountInfo = "Name:\nAge:\nSex:";

Answer 2

<?php echo CHtml::activeTextArea($form,'abc',array('value'=>"12"));?>
$form->abc="Your text goes here"
it may help you