Onfocus on a contact form

[AndrewC14]

Hi guys I'll repeat as always...I'm a noob at both PHP and Javascript!

 

I'm having trouble with my errors on my contact form - When a user clicks on the box I would like the text "Please enter your name" to disappear (Which I've done successfully using onfocus) But if they don't click on that box and hit send again the text "Please enter your name does not disappear".

 

It's just to bulletproof my form really and make it more user friendly.

 

Here's my code for it:

 

if(isset($_POST['submit1'])) {

if(isset($_POST['cf_name']))

 

$names = check_input($_POST['cf_name']);

 

if($names=="")

$errorthing="Please enter your name";

 

Then on form (onfocus):

 

onfocus="if (this.value=='<?php echo $errorthing;?>') this.value=''; if (this.value=='<?php echo $names;?>')this.value='<?php $names ?>';"

 

Here's my web link too: http://xzen.co.uk/services/conceptual-model/

 

Thanks in advance, I really appreciate all the help!

 

[AndrewC14]

Anybody

[Jessica]

You haven't explained what you want. If you want text to disappear regardless of what action the user takes, don't display it in the first place.

 

[AndrewC14]

But I need to display it to give them an error for not filling it in.

 

They then receive the error and they click on the box - the text then disappears so they can write their details in

[Jessica]

If I understand you, the function to check if it's filled in needs to be called when the form is submitted.