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    <p>I have a form that asks for First/Last name, email and phone. I don't want to use "placeholder" since IE lacks that ability. I have tried many things but do not know enough about script coding on how I can strip the default text out of the field when someone submits their information.</p> <p>I need to find a way to have the code below only send me the data for the fields typed in and not the txt from the form like "Phone</p> <pre><code>&lt;form action="{SUBMIT_FORM}" method="post"&gt; &lt;input type="text" class="input-field" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = '*First Name : (Required Field)';}" onfocus="if (this.value == '*First Name : (Required Field)') {this.value = '';}" name="{lead_first_name}" id="{lead_first_name}" value="*First Name : (Required Field)"/&gt; &lt;input type="text" class="input-field" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Last Name :';}" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Last Name :') {this.value = '';}" name="{lead_last_name}" id="{lead_last_name}" value="Last Name :"/&gt; &lt;input type="text" class="input-field" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = '*Email : (Required Field)';}" onfocus="if (this.value == '*Email : (Required Field)') {this.value = '';}" name="{lead_email}" id="{lead_email}" value="*Email : (Required Field)"/&gt; &lt;input type="text" class="input-field" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Phone :';}" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Phone :') {this.value = '';}" name="{lead_home_phone}" id="{lead_home_phone}" value="Phone :"/&gt; &lt;input type="submit" class="sbt-btn" value="Submit" onclick="{SUBMIT_SCRIPT}" /&gt; {VALIDATE_SCRIPT} &lt;/form&gt; &lt;small&gt;*We promise to never share, rent or sale your personal information.&lt;/small&gt; </code></pre>
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