Getting rid of text

[MrPantsTm]

It seems when the users of some forms enter in data they neglect to erase the info in the form to begin with (e.g 'Type your Name here' never gets erased.) So when they submit it that info gets put in the database as well as the info I need.

My question, is there any way to remove those comments I have in the textarea before it is submitted or do I need to use another parsing language to extract those lines (if so I'll post this question in that forum)? Thanks a lot.

 

[manarth]

Well, you could use javascript, but if the user has javascript disabled you'll still end copying the 'Please type' to the db.

The solution is to parse it.

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[BabyJeffy]

Sure...

<input type="text" name="firstname" value="First name here" onfocus="if (this.value='First name here') this.value=''">

The same kind of trick will work for textareas etc.

Jeff

 

[MrPantsTm]

thanks a bunch.