title: Retrieving data from textarea php
body: <p>I cannot seem to retrieve the data input into this text area. Also I know this code may not be secure, but I am just beginning with php.</p>
  
  <pre><code>echo '&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=right&gt;Description:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;textarea name=description form=description cols=100 rows=5&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;';
  
  $descriptionToSend = $("#description").val()
  DBSubmit("INSERT INTO Conference (conferenceid,description,submission_due,review_due) VALUES ('".$_POST['conferenceName']."', '" . $descriptionToSend . "','" .$_POST['submitdeadline'] . "','" .$_POST['reviewdeadline']. "')");
  </code></pre>