quotations problem with echo("") command

Running php4.3.6
What i'm trying to do is exactly like the weather channell site when
you click in the zip code box the text dissapears and you are free to
type your zip.
I can make it work by using this command:
onfocus="this.value=''"
but i want to generate the string with php by using the echo("write
something here"); command.
Obviously the problem here is the double_quotes i need are screwing up
the command.Have tried using special characters and adding slashes.
which both work to a degree. The page doesn't bomb but the onfocus
still doesn't function. wtf how do i make it work??


time is 6:31pm Central

brianj wrote:
> The page doesn't bomb but the onfocus
> still doesn't function. wtf how do i make it work??

Disclaimer: I don't know JavaScript.
Maybe you get more comprehensive answers in a JavaScript newsgroup.

<?php

echo 'onfocus="this.value=\'write something here\'"';

echo "onfocus=\"this.value='write something here'\"";

$double_quote = '"';
$single_quote = "'";
echo 'onfocus=', $double_quote, 'this.value=', $single_quote,
'write something here', $single_quote, $double_quote;

?>

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> Hey thanks a lot man this one here worked.
> echo "onfocus=\"this.value='write something here'\"";
I thought I tried that but apparently not.
Mucho Gracias
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