PHP mail form - only one variable not submitting - php

Question

I have set up a PHP mail form set up that only correctly outputs some of the variables entered in the form. It DOES mail the $name and $email variables, but not the $message variable.
The php to send the form is here:
<?php
if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST" ){
$name = trim($_POST["name"]);
$email = trim($_POST["email"]);
$message = trim($_POST["message"]);
//sending email
require_once("siteIncludes/class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$email_body = "";
$email_body = $email_body . "Name: " . $name . $message . "<br />";
$email_body = $email_body . "Email: " . $email . "<br />";
$email_body = $email_body . "Message: " . $message;
$mail->SetFrom("$email,$name");
$address = "foo#bar.com";
$mail->AddAddress($address);
$mail->Subject = "Form Submission | ".$name;
$mail->MsgHTML($email_body);
if(!$mail->Send() ){
echo 'There was a problem sending the email: '.$mail->ErrorInfo;
exit();
}
header("Location: myContact.php?status=thanks");
exit();
};
?>
And the HTML that sets up the form is here:
<div id="contactFormWrap" class="span6 offset3">
<form method="post" action="myContact.php" id="contactForm">
<div>
<label for="name">Please leave your name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="" class="required" />
</div>
<div>
<label for="email">and your email</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" class="required email" />
</div>
<div>
<label for="subject">What is your message about?</label>
<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" value="" class="required" />
</div> -->
<div>
<label for="message">and your message</label>
<textarea name="message" id="message" value="" rows="10" class="required"></textarea>
</div>
<div id="messageButtons">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="contactSubmit" id="contactSubmit" class="sendEmail btn" />
</div>
</form>
</div>
I hope that was enough information. Does anyone know why the $message variable isn't being output to the submitted email?
thanks

Answer 1

I think this is your problem:
value=""
The <textarea> tag does not have a value attribute, however different browsers have different ways of handling invalid code, so whatever browser you are using must be using the value found in this invalid attribute instead of what you type in the actual text box.
Just do:
<textarea name="message" id="message" rows="10" class="required"></textarea>