[html] Is there a way to get a textarea to stretch to fit its content without using PHP or JavaScript?

I am filling a textarea with content for the user to edit.

Is it possible to make it stretch to fit content with CSS (like overflow:show for a div)?

Here is a function that works with jQuery (for height only, not width):

function setHeight(jq_in){
    jq_in.each(function(index, elem){
        // This line will work with pure Javascript (taken from NicB's answer):
        elem.style.height = elem.scrollHeight+'px'; 
    });
}
setHeight($('<put selector here>'));

Note: The op asked for a solution that does not use Javascript, however this should be helpful to many people who come across this question.

This is a very simple solution, but it works for me:

<!--TEXT-AREA-->_x000D_
<textarea id="textBox1" name="content" TextMode="MultiLine" onkeyup="setHeight('textBox1');" onkeydown="setHeight('textBox1');">Hello World</textarea>_x000D_
_x000D_
<!--JAVASCRIPT-->_x000D_
<script type="text/javascript">_x000D_
function setHeight(fieldId){_x000D_
    document.getElementById(fieldId).style.height = document.getElementById(fieldId).scrollHeight+'px';_x000D_
}_x000D_
setHeight('textBox1');_x000D_
</script>

one line only

<textarea name="text" oninput='this.style.height = "";this.style.height = this.scrollHeight + "px"'></textarea>

Another simple solution for dynamic textarea control.

<!--JAVASCRIPT-->
<script type="text/javascript">
$('textarea').on('input', function () {
            this.style.height = "";
            this.style.height = this.scrollHeight + "px";
 });
</script>