Are you talking about a web interface here? Just make a single, large-enough text box that people can type/paste into (like the ones here for posting nodes and replies), and break up the submitted text on whitespace.

If the values need to be "keyed" in some way (e.g. they need to be submitted in a particular order, or each value needs a label to identify what it's for), and/or if any single value can contain a space, then you'll need to work out a convention that will keep the input properly organized and still be easy for users to grasp and adhere to.

If you don't get what you're after, post some code -- that makes it easier and more fun for us.

In reply to Re: textarea entries by graff
in thread textarea entries by TeaK

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