Looking at your samples I have implemented this the same way.
Which works, however if $row["warning_msg"] is empty I want nothing in the textarea. However, ckeditor always seems to add the following into the source:
How can I disable this, as the input is to be included in an already built page.
><textarea id="message1" name="message"><?php echo $row["warning_msg"]."&nbsp;"; ?></textarea>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
CKEDITOR.replace( 'message1',
{
fullPage : true
});
//]]>
</script>Which works, however if $row["warning_msg"] is empty I want nothing in the textarea. However, ckeditor always seems to add the following into the source:
<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> </body> </html>
How can I disable this, as the input is to be included in an already built page.

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Re: Default text is not empty...