[eluser]rogierb[/eluser]
<code><textarea name="some_name" rows="3" cols="25" readonly="readonly"> </code>
<code>
$data = array(
'name' => 'some_name',
'rows' => '3',
'cols' => '25',
'readonly' => 'readonly',
);
echo form_textarea($data);
</code>
This should do the trick.