How can the current content of a textarea be captured and stored in a variable using PHP?

To capture the current content of a textarea and store it in a variable using PHP, you can use the $_POST superglobal array to access the value submitted by the textarea form element. You can then assign this value to a variable for further processing or storage.

if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
    $textarea_content = $_POST['textarea_name'];
    
    // Now $textarea_content contains the current content of the textarea
}