FieldtypeTextarea

string — multi-line text or HTML markup, or empty string '' when blank.

// Get
$page->body   // string (formatted when output formatting is on)
$page->getUnformatted('body') // raw value, no Textformatters applied

// Set
$page->body = 'Some <b>HTML</b> content.';
$page->save('body');

Supports the same operators as FieldtypeText (fulltext, LIKE, etc.):

$pages->find('body*=keyword');  // fulltext match
$pages->find('body%=keyword');  // LIKE match
$pages->find('body=""');        // no content

// output formatting ON (default in front-end):
echo $page->body;  // Textformatters applied, MarkupQA corrections applied for HTML

// output formatting OFF:
echo $page->getUnformatted('body');  // raw stored value

When contentType is set to HTML, the field automatically corrects href and src attributes at save/load time so that URLs remain valid if the site moves to a different subdirectory or domain.

• contentType setting: 0=plain text (default), 1=HTML/Markup, 2=HTML with image management.
• inputfieldClass setting: the Inputfield used for editing. Common values: InputfieldTextarea (default), InputfieldCKEditor, InputfieldTinyMCE.
• htmlOptions setting: array of flags for HTML content type — link abstraction, image alt management, removing inaccessible images, lazy loading. Only relevant when contentType >= 1.
• Database column: mediumtext NOT NULL, fulltext indexed.
• Compatible fieldtypes: any fieldtype extending FieldtypeText.