<textarea onclick="$(this).select();" class="form-control">&lt;a href="<?php echo $url;?>" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="<?php echo $this->config->base_url();?>assets/images/voteicons/mmoserver.jpg" border="0" title="<?php echo getTitle($site->category, $titles);?>  alt="<?php echo getTitle($site->category, $titles);?> &gt;&lt;/a&gt;</textarea>