Adding Bullets to Preset Textarea Output - PHP

Question

I am trying to add bullets to my defined texture output. I simply created a textarea in php with some preset text. How can I preface each piece of preset text with a bullet. I want the text in my textarea to look like this:

• Name:
• Address:
• DOB:
• Favorite Drink:

Here is my PHP code:

<?php
  echo "<textarea name=''  id='' style='width: 565px;' rows='8' cols='60'>";
    echo "Name:";
    echo "Address:";
    echo "DOB:";
    echo "Favorite Drink:";
  echo "</textarea>";
?>

Thanks so much for your help!

Answer 1

If you must use a textarea, you can add the 'bullet' HTML entity in the string...

<?php
  echo "<textarea name=''  id='' style='width: 565px;' rows='8' cols='60'>";
    echo "&#8226; Name:";
    echo "&#8226; Address:";
    echo "&#8226; DOB:";
    echo "&#8226; Favorite Drink:";
  echo "</textarea>";
?>

Otherwise, you can go with an unordered list as @Tim Hunter suggested:

<?php
  echo "<ul>";
    echo "<li>Name:</li>";
    echo "<li>Address:</li>";
    echo "<li>DOB:</li>";
    echo "<li>Favorite Drink:</li>";
  echo "</ul>";
?>