HTML Preset Forms (Newbish)

[Drezard]

Hello, I am wondering with a HTML form on some sites they have stuff already in them. Like Name: <please insert name here> and things like that. I was wondering how they do that. Whats the code for it.

- Cheers, Daniel

[AndyB]

Javascript or magic ... for example:

[code]<input type="text" name="name" value=" Your name" size="18" maxlength="100" onFocus="if (this.value==' Your name') this.value=''" onBlur="if (this.value=='') this.value=' Your name'">[/code]

[Drezard]

Thanks, but how do i  make it so that if the user just clicks submit with the automatic value of "Your name" in it then it thinks that nothing is in it.

So if i had the code:

[CODE]
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name" value=" Your name" size="18" maxlength="100" onFocus="if (this.value==' Your name') this.value=''" onBlur="if (this.value=='') this.value=' Your name'">
        <input type="submit" name="submit">
    </form>

<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
echo $name;

?>
[/CODE]

Then how would i change it so it wouldnt accept the value "Your Name"?

- Cheers, Daniel

[Daniel0]

[code]<?php
if($_POST['name'] == 'Your name' || empty($_POST['name'])
{
echo "Please enter your name";
}
else {
// do stuff
}
?>[/code]

[fenway]

You may want to consider having the default value as a PHP variable as well, not just hard-coded, since the same string will appear in at least 3 places per field.

[Drezard]

Thanks, Daniel