Change Placeholder Text using jQuery

Question

I am using a jQuery placeholder plugin(https://github.com/danielstocks/jQuery-Placeholder). I need to change the placeholder text with the change in dropdown menu. But it is

Answer 1

$(this).val() is a string. Use parseInt($(this).val(), 10) or check for '1'. The ten is to denote base 10.

$(function () {
    $('input[placeholder], textarea[placeholder]').blur();
    $('#serMemdd').change(function () {
        var k = $(this).val();
        if (k == '1') {
            $("#serMemtb").attr("placeholder", "Type a name (Lastname, Firstname)").blur();
        }
        else if (k == '2') {
            $("#serMemtb").attr("placeholder", "Type an ID").blur();
        }
        else if (k == '3') {
            $("#serMemtb").attr("placeholder", "Type a Location").blur();
        }
    });
});

Or

$(function () {
    $('input[placeholder], textarea[placeholder]').placeholder();
    $('#serMemdd').change(function () {
        var k = parseInt($(this).val(), 10);
        if (k == 1) {
            $("#serMemtb").attr("placeholder", "Type a name (Lastname, Firstname)").blur();
        }
        else if (k == 2) {
            $("#serMemtb").attr("placeholder", "Type an ID").blur();
        }
        else if (k == 3) {
            $("#serMemtb").attr("placeholder", "Type a Location").blur();
        }
    });
});

Other Plugins

ori has brought to my attention that the plugin you are using does not overcome IEs HTML failure.

Try something like this: http://archive.plugins.jquery.com/project/input-placeholder