JavaScript - Form Validation Not Working: What Am I Missing?
This is straight out of an O'Riley book, everything looks good to me but for some reason the script does nothing when I try to submit an empty form.
Code: // Validate Registration Form function validate(form) { fail = validateUsername (form.uname.value) fail += validateUpass (form.upass.value) fail += validatePassword (form.password.value) fail += validateFname (form.fname.value) fail += validateLname (form.lname.value) fail += validateID (form.ID.value) fail += validateEmail (form.email.value) if (fail =="") return true else {alert(fail); return false } } function validateUsername (field) { if (value==null||value=="") return "Please enter username.\n" return "" } function validateUpass (field) { if (field =="") return "Please enter password.\n" return "" } function validatePassword (field) { if (value == "") return "Please confirm password. \n" return "" } function validateFname (field) { if (value =="") return "Please enter a first name.\n" return"" } function validateLname (field) { if (value=="") return "Please enter a last name.\n" return"" } function validateID (field) { if (value=="") return "Please enter your USAC license number.\n" return "" } function validateEmail (field) { if (value=="") return "Please enter your email address.\n" else if (!((field.indexof(".")>0) && (field.indexOf("@") > 0)) || /[^a-zA-Z0-9.@_-]/.test(field)) return "The Email address is invalid.\n" return"" } Code: <script src="includes/js/validate-registration-form.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="wrap"> <h1>CritTracker.com Registration page</h1> <?php include('includes/nav.php');?> <div id="content_wrap"> <div id="center_content"> <div id="register"> <form class="register" method="post" action="register.php" onSubmit="return validate(this)"> <fieldset> <legend>Register to CritTracker</legend> <ol> <li> <label for="uname">Username</label> <input type="text" name="uname" /><br /> </li> <li> <label for="upass">Password</label> <input type="password" name="upass" /><br /> </li> <li> <label for="upass">Confirm Password</label> <input type="password" /><br /> </li> <li> <label for="fname">First Name</label> <input type="text" name="fname" /><br /> </li> <li> <label for="lname">Last Name</label> <input type="text" name="lname" /><br /> </li> <li> <label for="ID">USA Cycling License</label> <input type="text" name="ID" /> <select name="cat"> <option name="cat" value="5">Cat 5</option> <option name="cat" value="4">Cat 4</option> <option name="cat" value="3">Cat 3</option> <option name="cat" value="2">Cat 2</option> <option name="cat" value="1">Cat 1</option> </select> </li> <li> <label for="email">Email</label> <input type="text" name="email" /><br /> <input type="submit" value="Register to CritTracker.com" /> </li> </ol> </fieldset> </form> </div></div> Similar TutorialsHi guys, Been stuck for a few days with this scenario. Any help? The alert box appears on an error. But the submitting won't stop. The details are submitted and the form is processed. Any help is greatly appreciated... Code: <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="email_helper/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> tinyMCE.init({ // General options mode : "textareas", theme : "simple" }); </script> <script language="javascript"> function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { window.open(theURL,winName,features); } function err_check(){ var email = document.getElementById('to_email').value; if(email.length==0){ alert('Please Enter Email Address'); return false; } var AtPos = email.indexOf("@") var StopPos = email.lastIndexOf(".") if (AtPos == -1 || StopPos == -1) { alert("Please Enter Valid Email Address"); document.getElementById('email').focus(); return false; } email = document.getElementById('cc_email').value; if(email.length != 0){ var AtPos = email.indexOf("@") var StopPos = email.lastIndexOf(".") if (AtPos == -1 || StopPos == -1) { alert("Please Enter Valid Email Address"); document.getElementById('email').focus(); return false; } } var answer = confirm ("Send E-Mail?"); if (!answer){ return false; } } </script> <!-- /TinyMCE --> <style type="text/css"> body, table, td, th{ background-color:#CCCCCC; font-family: Arial; font-size:14px; } .que{ font-weight:bold; } </style> </head> <body> <form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <?php include 'library/database.php'; include 'library/opendb.php'; $query = mysql_query("SELECT email,contact,mobile FROM users WHERE user_id='$uid'") or die(mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_row($query); $from_email = $row[0]; $from_person = $row[1]; $from_mobile = $row[2]; $query = mysql_query("SELECT customer_id FROM campaign_summary WHERE camp_id='$camp_id'") or die(mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_row($query); $cusid = $row[0]; $query = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM client_info WHERE comp_id='$cusid'") or die(mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_row($query); $toer = $row[0]; include 'library/closedb.php'; ?> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr><td rowspan="4"><input type="submit" name="send_email" id="send_email" style="height:50px; width:100px;" value="SEND" onClick="return err_check();" /></td><td><span class="que">From : </span></td><td colspan="3"><?php echo $from_email; ?><input type="hidden" name="from_mail" id="from_mail" /><input type="hidden" name="camp_id" id="camp_id" value="<?php echo $camp_id;?>"/></td></tr> <tr><td><span class="que">To : </span></td><td colspan="3"><input name="to_email" id="to_email" style="width:250px;" value="<?php echo $toer;?>"/></td></tr> <tr><td><span class="que">CC : </span></td><td colspan="3"><input name="cc_email" id="cc_email" style="width:250px;"/></td></tr> <tr><td><span class="que">Subject : </span></td><td colspan="3"><input style="width:300px;" name="subject" id="subject" /></td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="2"> </td><td><input type="checkbox" name="ori_pdf" id="ori_pdf" checked /> PDF Quotation</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><span class="que">Credit Application</span></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="corporate" id="corporate"/>Corporate</td><td><input type="checkbox" name="individual" id="individual" />Individual</td><td><input type="checkbox" name="cash" id="cash" />Cash Account</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" rowspan="3"></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="tabloid" id="tabloid" />Tabloid Example</td> <td><input type="checkbox" name="broadsheet" id="broadsheet" />Broadsheet Example</td></tr> <tr><td><input type="checkbox" name="colmt" id="colmt" />Column Sizes Tabloid</td> <td><input type="checkbox" name="colmb" id="colmb" />Column Sizes Broadsheet</td></tr> <tr><td><input type="checkbox" name="maps" id="maps" />Maps / Distribution</td><td colspan="2" align="right">External Attachments <input id="upload_file" name="upload_file" type="file"/> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><span class="que">Message :</span></td><td colspan="3"> <textarea id="elm1" name="elm1" rows="15" cols="80" style="width: 100%"> <?php echo "<br><br><br>" . $from_person . "<br>" . $from_mobile; ?> </textarea> </td></tr> </table> </form> </body> </html> Hi all, ive been staring at this code for over an hour now and i cant see what is wrong with it. any chance of a wee look over for me ? Thank you Code: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Comment Form</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <SCRIPT language=javascript> function Validate() { var Message = "" Message = Message + Checkname() if (Message == ""){ return true } else { alert(Message) return false } } function CheckName() { var UserName = document.form.name.value if (UserName == "") { Message = "Something's wrong with your forename" + "\n" } else { Message = "" } return Message } </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY> <FORM name=form onsubmit="return Validate()" action="sent.htm" method=post encType=text/plain> <TABLE BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=0> <TBODY> <TD> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5> <TR> <TD><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>Forename:</b></TD> <TD><INPUT NAME=name size=25></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD align=right> <INPUT TYPE=reset VALUE="Reset" name=submit2> <INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE="Submit" NAME=Submit> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </TABLE> </FORM> </BODY> </HTML> I have a simple form here with a function to validate it, but I have no idea where I'm going wrong. I'm very familiar with ActionScript and C++, so I get the coding aspect of it, but one thing I'm not familiar with is how exactly JavaScript and HTML communicate. The problem is that this form always submits, even if my function returns false...but I can't even see if it returns false anyway, because alert() doesn't seem to be working either. Here's what I have for my HTML: Code: <form name="myForm" onSubmit="return checkForm();" action="processForm.php" method="post"> <input type="text" size="25" name="firstName" value="*First Name" /> <br /> <input type="text" size="25" name="lastName" value="Last Name" /> <br /> <input type="text" size="25" name="phoneNumber" value="Phone" /> <br /> <input type="text" size="25" name="emailAddress" value="*Email" /> <br /> <textarea rows="6" cols="20">Message</textarea> <input type="submit" value="Submit" /> </form> And here's the JavaScript function: Code: function checkForm(){ with(firstName){ if(value==NULL || value=="" || value==defaultValue){ return false;} } with(emailAddress){ if(value==NULL || value=="" || value==defaultValue){ return false;} } return true; } What bugs me is even when I try to check my work by using alert statements to see what parts of the code are being executed, they never seem to come up. So it's kind of left me doing lots of guessing and trying a million things. Even if that last line in the JS function is "return false," the form still submits anyway. What am I doing wrong and how can I fix this up? Hi all, I have created a contact form using php and have added some javascipt code to validate the fields, problem is the validation isnt working. Can anyone give me a little advice on how i can get this working? Page is located he http://www.brownscountryhouse.co.uk/testing/test.php The javascript used is: Code: <script language="javaScript"> function ValidateForm(){ var numeID=document.form1.nume var surnameID=document.form1.surname var emailID=document.form1.email if ((numeID.value==null)||(numeID.value=="")){ alert("Please enter your name") numeID.focus() return false } if ((surnameID.value==null)||(surnameID.value=="")){ alert("Please enter your surname") surnameID.focus() return false } if ((emailID.value==null)||(emailID.value=="")){ alert("Please enter your email address") emailID.focus() return false } if (echeck(emailID.value)==false){ emailID.value="" emailID.focus() return false } return true } function echeck2(str) { alert("Invalid E-mail Address") return false } function echeck(str) { var at="@" var dot="." var lat=str.indexOf(at) var lstr=str.length var ldot=str.indexOf(dot) if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){ alert("Invalid Email Address") return false } if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){ alert("Invalid Email Address") return false } if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){ alert("Invalid Email Address") return false } if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){ alert("Invalid Email Address") return false } if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){ alert("Invalid Email Address") return false } if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){ alert("Invalid Email Address") return false } if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){ alert("Invalid Email Address") return false } return true } </script> Thanks in advance for looking! Kyle Hello: I am using javascript validation for submitting a form. All the other fields are working except for the Terms of Use checkbox. It sends and alert and says it wasn't checked whether or not you check it. It also submits the form whether or not it is checked immediately after the alert. The field is called df_Terms. Can anyone see anything I am missing? Code: <script> //submit after validation functionality function submit_onclick() { var proceed = false; if (typeof validateForm == "function") { proceed = validateForm(); } else { proceed = true; } return proceed; } //validation functionality function validateForm() { if ((document.form1.df_Plans[0].checked == false) && (document.form1.df_Plans[1].checked == false)) { alert("Please select Your Plan"); document.form1.df_Plans[0].focus(); return false; } if ("" == document.form1.df_first_Name1.value) { alert("Please enter your First Name"); document.form1.df_first_Name1.focus(); return false; } if ("" == document.form1.df_last_Name1.value) { alert("Please enter your Last Name."); document.form1.df_last_Name1.focus(); return false; } if ("" == document.form1.df_email1.value) { alert("Please enter your email."); document.form1.df_email1.focus(); return false; } validRegExp = /^[^@]+@[^@]+.[a-z]{2,}$/i; strEmail = document.form1.df_email1.value; if (strEmail.search(validRegExp) == -1) { alert("A valid e-mail address is required."); document.form1.df_email1.focus(); return false; } if (!document.form1.df_Terms.checked == 1) { alert("Please agree to the Terms of Use."); document.form1.df_Terms.focus(); return false; } } //reset field functionality function reset_onclick() { for (i = 0; i < document.form1.elements.length; i++) { if (document.form1.elements[i].type == "text") { document.form1.elements[i].value = ""; } if (document.form1.elements[i].type == "checkbox") { document.form1.elements[i].checked = false; } if (document.form1.elements[i].type == "radio") { document.form1.elements[i].checked = false; } if (document.form1.elements[i].type == "select-one") { document.form1.elements[i].selectedIndex = 0; } } } //redirect functionality function redirect_onclick(urlString) { window.open("http://" + urlString); } </script> Hello all, new here Seems like a very nice place to be apart of. I have my website www.gebcn.com. If you view source you will see all that I have done, but more importantly my problem. I have the JS code at the top there and I am unable to W3C validate my HTML because of the JS. I am using XHTML strict and would like to stay using it. The JS I have at the top is my form validation code. I am able to do any validating that I need with this "snippet" of code, I have shrank it from my library version just to use for this newsletter. Until now W3C validating was not important now for some reason it is and I am faced with this problem. I am not a Javascript guy more of a HTML/CSS guy and I can manipulate JS to suit my needs. <problem> I have tried to make this "snippet" of JS code an external file but receive multiple errors with the JS calling for the FORM NAME as it is not on the same page. The form NAME=NEWSLETTER is another problem, as W3C says I am unable to use attribute "NAME" in this location. <problem> I would like to keep the JS close to how it is now as I have a library to use this JS over and over again. Any pointers in the right direction or solutions to my problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Hopefully it is not to hard huh If there is anything anyone needs, the code pasted here, or anything else please let me know. Thanks again! I've literally tried everything. Read 26 tutorials, interchanged code, etc. My validation functions all work. My AJAX functions work (tested manually using servlet URL's). The second servlet validates the reCaptcha form that's generated on my webpage. After the form is validated, even if everything's correct, nothing happens upon clicking submit. I even have an alert pop up if with the captcha result, just for middle-layer debugging purposes. I want to do all of my validation clientside; none serverside. However, going to be tough if I can't get my god damn form to submit. I've been puzzled by this for close to 36 hours straight. I can't see, and I'm going to get some rest and hope that there is some useful insight on my problem when I return. html form: Code: <form id="f1" name="form1" onsubmit="validate_form(this); return false;" action="register" method="post"> <table cellspacing="5" style="border: 2px solid black;"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td>*First name</td> <td align="right"><span id="valid_one"></span></td> <td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="fn" name="fn" onBlur="validate_one();"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">*Last name</td> <td align="right"><span id="valid_two"></span></td> <td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="ln" name="ln" onBlur="validate_two();"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">*Email address</td> <td align="right"><span id="result"></span></td> <td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="mailfield" name="email" onBlur="startRequest();"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">*Phone number</td> <td align="right"><span id="valid_three"></span></td> <td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="pn" name="pn" onBlur="validate_three();"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">*City/Town</td> <td align="right"><span id="valid_four"></span></td> <td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="c" name="c" onBlur="validate_four();"></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td> <select name="s"> <option value="AL">Alabama <option value="AK">Alaska <option value="AZ">Arizona <option value="AR">Arkansas <option value="CA">California <option value="CO">Colorado <option value="CT">Connecticut <option value="DE">Delaware <option value="FL">Florida <option value="GA">Georgia <option value="HI">Hawaii <option value="ID">Idaho <option value="IL">Illinois <option value="IN">Indiana <option value="IA">Iowa <option value="KS">Kansas <option value="KY">Kentucky <option value="LA">Louisiana <option value="ME">Maine <option value="MD">Maryland <option value="MA">Massachusetts <option value="MI">Michigan <option value="MN">Minnesota <option value="MS">Mississippi <option value="MO">Missouri <option value="MT">Montana <option value="NE">Nebraska <option value="NV">Nevada <option value="NH">New Hampshire <option value="NJ">New Jersey <option value="NM">New Mexico <option value="NY">New York <option value="MC">North Carolina <option value="ND">North Dakota <option value="OH">Ohio <option value="OK">Oklahoma <option value="OR">Oregon <option value="PA">Pennsylvania <option value="RI">Rhode Island <option value="SC">South Carolina <option value="SD">South Dakota <option value="TN">Tennessee <option value="TX">Texas <option value="UT">Utah <option value="VT">Vermont <option value="VA">Virginia <option value="WA">Washington <option value="WV">West Virginia <option value="WI">Wisconsin <option value="WY">Wyoming </select> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td><span id="error"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">*Anti-Spam Verification</td> <td></td> <td id="reCaptcha"></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td align="left">*Affiliation</td> <td align="right"><span id="valid_five"></span></td> <td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="affl" name="affl" onBlur="validate_five();"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">*Research Area:</td> <td align="right"><span id="valid_six"></span></td> <td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" id="ra" name="ra" onBlur="validate_six();"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left">*Research Overview</td> <td align="right"><span id="valid_seven"></span></td> <td><textarea cols="38" rows="6" id="ro" name="ro" onKeyDown="limitText(this.form.ro,this.form.countdown,500)" onKeyUp="limitText(this.form.ro,this.form.countdown,500)" onBlur="validate_seven();"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td><font size="1">You have <input readonly type="text" name="countdown" size="1" value="500"> characters remaining.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">*Talk Availability</td> <td></td> <td> <input type="radio" name="ta" value="In person">In person <input type="radio" name="ta" value="Online">Online <input type="radio" name="ta" value="Both" checked>Both </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Links</td> <td></td> <td> <table id="linkTable" border="0"> <td><input type="text" style="width: 320px;" name="link"></td> <td><div id="result"></div></td> </table> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"><input type="button" value="Add Link" onclick="addLink('linkTable')"></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><span style="color: red;"></span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <br /> <input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Form"> </form> Javascript file: Code: /* * script.js - ajax and table functions */ var xmlHttp; // global instance of XMLHttpRequest var xmlHttp2; // second for captcha functions var validAjax = new Boolean(); var validCaptcha = new Boolean(); var valid_one = new Boolean(); var valid_two = new Boolean(); var valid_three = new Boolean(); var valid_four = new Boolean(); var valid_five = new Boolean(); var valid_six = new Boolean(); var valid_seven = new Boolean(); function init() { showRecaptcha('reCaptcha'); // Separate booleans for AJAX funcs validAjax = false; validCaptcha = false; // Booleanse for fields that don't require servlet validation valid_one = false; valid_two = false; valid_three = false; valid_four = false; valid_five = false; valid_six = false; valid_seven = false; } function showRecaptcha(element) { Recaptcha.create("6Le1a8ESAAAAAGtxX0miZ2bMg0Wymltnth7IG-Mj", element, {theme: "red", callback: Recaptcha.focus_response_field}); } function validate_form() { if (valid_one && valid_two && valid_three && valid_four && validEmail) { startCaptchaRequest(); if (validCaptcha) { return true; } } else { alert("Submission contains errors. Please fill out all required fields before submitting."); return false; } } function validate_one() { if (document.getElementById("fn").value == 0) { valid_one = false; document.getElementById("valid_one").innerHTML = "No"; } else { valid_one = true; document.getElementById("valid_one").innerHTML = ""; } } function validate_two() { if (document.getElementById("ln").value == 0) { valid_two = false; document.getElementById("valid_two").innerHTML = "No"; } else { valid_two = true; document.getElementById("valid_two").innerHTML = ""; } } function validate_three() { if (document.getElementById("pn").value == 0) { valid_three = false; document.getElementById("valid_three").innerHTML = "No"; } else { valid_three = true; document.getElementById("valid_three").innerHTML = ""; } } function validate_four() { if (document.getElementById("c").value == 0) { valid_four = false; document.getElementById("valid_four").innerHTML = "No"; } else { valid_four = true; document.getElementById("valid_four").innerHTML = ""; } } function validate_five() { if (document.getElementById("affl").value == 0) { valid_five = false; document.getElementById("valid_five").innerHTML = "No"; } else { valid_five = true; document.getElementById("valid_five").innerHTML = ""; } } // //function validate_six() { // if (document.getElementById("ra").value == 0) { // valid_six = false; // document.getElementById("valid_six").innerHTML = "No"; // } // else { // valid_six = true; // document.getElementById("valid_six").innerHTML = ""; // } //} // //function validate_seven() { // if (document.getElementById("ro").value == 0) { // valid_seven = false; // document.getElementById("valid_seven").innerHTML = "No"; // } // else { // valid_seven = true; // document.getElementById("valid_seven").innerHTML = ""; // } //} function addLink(tableID) { var table = document.getElementById(tableID); var rowCount = table.rows.length; var row = table.insertRow(rowCount); var cell = row.insertCell(0); var element1 = document.createElement("input"); element1.type = "text"; element1.name = "link" + rowCount; element1.style.width = "320px"; cell.appendChild(element1); } function limitText(limitField, limitCount, limitNum) { if (limitField.value.length > limitNum) { limitField.value = limitField.value.substring(0, limitNum); } else { limitCount.value = limitNum - limitField.value.length; } } function createXmlHttpRequest() { if(window.ActiveXObject) { xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } else if(window.XMLHttpRequest) { xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); } } function startRequest() { createXmlHttpRequest(); var param1 = document.getElementById('mailfield').value; if (param1 == "") { validEmail = false; document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = "Blank"; } else { xmlHttp.open("GET", "http://localhost:1979/PolarSpeakers/servlet/mailCheck.do?e=" + param1, true) xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = handleStateChange; xmlHttp.send(null); } } function handleStateChange() { if(xmlHttp.readyState==4) { if(xmlHttp.status==200) { var message = xmlHttp.responseXML .getElementsByTagName("valid")[0] .childNodes[0].nodeValue; if (message == "Unregistered") { validEmail = true; document.getElementById("result").style.color = "green"; } else { validEmail = false; document.getElementById("result").style.color = "red"; } document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = message; } else { alert("Error checking e-mail address - " + xmlHttp.status + " : " + xmlHttp.statusText); } } } function createCaptchaRequest() { if(window.ActiveXObject) { xmlHttp2=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } else if(window.XMLHttpRequest) { xmlHttp2=new XMLHttpRequest(); } } function startCaptchaRequest() { alert('made it to captcha requeswt'); createCaptchaRequest(); var param1 = Recaptcha.get_challenge(); var param2 = Recaptcha.get_response(); xmlHttp2.open("POST", "http://localhost:1979/PolarSpeakers/servlet/captchaCheck.do?c=" + param1 + "&r=" + param2, true) xmlHttp2.onreadystatechange = handleStateChangeCaptcha; xmlHttp2.send(null); } function handleStateChangeCaptcha() { if(xmlHttp2.readyState==4) { if(xmlHttp2.status==200) { var message = xmlHttp2.responseXML .getElementsByTagName("result")[0] .childNodes[0].nodeValue; if (message == "Valid") { alert("captcha valid"); validCaptcha = true; } else { document.getElementById("error").innerHTML = message; validCaptcha = false; } } else { alert("Error checking captcha validity - " + xmlHttp2.status + " : " + xmlHttp2.statusText); } } } I've set up a mock registration form page so I can learn a bit about javascript's form validation. (newbie) I want to try to attempt to style the border of a form field green when the user enters the correct info into the form text field and red on all other fields if the user doesnt enter any info into them. When i test it, enter the right info into the username field, leave the others blank, and hit the submit button it styles the username field green ok but it doesnt make the next fields (password and so on) red. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? here is my code so far... Note: just for testing purposes I've put return false on everything so it displays a message when everythings ok. Code: .... <script type="text/javascript"> window.onload = function() { document.forms[0].username.focus(); } function validate(form) { var form = document.getElementById("reg"); var e = document.getElementById("error"); e.style.background = "red"; for(var i = 0; i < form.elements.length; i++) { var el = form.elements[i]; if(el.type == "text" || el.type == "password") { if(el.value == "") { e.innerHTML = "Please fill in all fields!"; el.style.border = "1px solid red"; el.focus(); return false; } else { el.style.border = "1px solid green"; return false; } } } var un = form.username; un.value = un.value.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,""); if((un.value.length < 3)|| (/[^a-z0-9\_]/gi.test(un.value))) { e.innerHTML = "Only letters,numbers and the underscore are allowed (no spaces) - 3-16 characters"; un.focus(); return false; } var pw = form.password; pw.value = pw.value.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,""); if((pw.value.length < 3) || (/[^a-z0-9]/gi.test(pw.value))) { e.innerHTML = "Only letters and numbers are allowed (no spaces) - 3-16 characters"; pw.focus(); return false; } e.innerHTML = "You filled in all the fields, well done!"; e.style.background = "green"; return false; } </script> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"> <h1>My Cool Website</h1> </div> <div id="content"> <div class="padding"> <h2>Registration</h2> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis ligula lorem, consequat eget, tristique nec, auctor quis, purus. Vivamus ut sem. Fusce aliquam nunc vitae purus. Aenean viverra malesuada libero. Fusce ac quam. Donec neque. Nunc venenatis enim nec quam. Cras faucibus, justo vel accumsan aliquam, tellus dui fringilla quam, in condimentum augue lorem non tellus. Pellentesque id arcu non sem placerat iaculis. Curabitur posuere, pede vitae lacinia accumsan, enim nibh elementum orci, ut volutpat eros sapien nec sapien. Suspendisse neque arcu, ultrices commodo, pellentesque sit amet, ultricies ut, ipsum. Mauris et eros eget erat dapibus mollis. Mauris laoreet posuere odio. Nam ipsum ligula, ullamcorper eu, fringilla at, lacinia ut, augue. Nullam nunc.</p> <form id="reg" action="#" method="post" onsubmit="return validate(this)"> <div id="error"></div> <div><label for="username">Username</label></div> <div><input type="text" name="username" id="username" size="30" maxlength="16" /></div> <div><label for="password">Password</label></div> <div><input type="password" name="password" id="password" size="30" maxlength="16" /></div> <div><label for="c_password">Confirm Password</label></div> <div><input type="password" name="c_password" id="c_password" size="30" maxlength="16" /></div> <div><label for="email">Email address</label></div> <div><input type="text" name="email" id="email" size="30" maxlength="200" /></div> <div><label for="c_email">Confirm Email address</label></div> <div><input type="text" name="c_email" id="c_email" size="30" maxlength="200" /></div> <div><label for="firstname">First name</label></div> <div><input type="text" name="firstname" id="firstname" size="30" maxlength="100" /></div> <div><label for="surname">Surname</label></div> <div><input type="text" name="surname" id="surname" size="30" maxlength="100" /></div> <div><label for="gender">Gender</label></div> <div> <div><input type="radio" name="gender" id="gender" value="m" checked="checked" />Male</div> <div><input type="radio" name="gender" value="f" />Female</div> </div> <div><input type="submit" value="Register" name="submit" /></div> </form> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>Copyright © 2009 My Cool Website</p> </div> </div> </body> </html> Hi, I have a working contact form with 3 of the fields requiring validation and they work well. I have added extra fields to the form (StatusClass, Project, CameFrom). These 3 fields return fine but I need to validated them. My problem is that the new fields don't show in the behaviours/validate panel even though they are within the form tag. Can anyone give me any help and advice as to how to accomplish this? Many thanks Code below.... Code: <script type="text/JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01 var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) { d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);} if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n]; for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document); if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x; } function MM_validateForm() { //v4.0 var i,p,q,nm,test,num,min,max,errors='',args=MM_validateForm.arguments; for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) { test=args[i+2]; val=MM_findObj(args[i]); if (val) { nm=val.name; if ((val=val.value)!="") { if (test.indexOf('isEmail')!=-1) { p=val.indexOf('@'); if (p<1 || p==(val.length-1)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain an e-mail address.\n'; } else if (test!='R') { num = parseFloat(val); if (isNaN(val)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number.\n'; if (test.indexOf('inRange') != -1) { p=test.indexOf(':'); min=test.substring(8,p); max=test.substring(p+1); if (num<min || max<num) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number between '+min+' and '+max+'.\n'; } } } else if (test.charAt(0) == 'R') errors += '- '+nm+' is required.\n'; } } if (errors) alert('The following error(s) occurred:\n'+errors); document.MM_returnValue = (errors == ''); } //--> </script > Code: <form action="contact_us.asp" method="post" name="contact" target="_parent" class="contentText" id="contact" onsubmit="MM_validateForm('FullName','','R','Telephone','','RisNum','Email','','RisEmail');return document.MM_returnValue"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="54%" class="subHeader">Full Name* </td> <td width="46%" class="subHeader"><input name="FullName" type="text" id="FullName" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="subHeader">Company Name </td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="CompanyName" type="text" id="CompanyName" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="subHeader">Address</td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="Address1" type="text" id="Address1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="subHeader"> </td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="Address2" type="text" id="Address2" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="subHeader"> </td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="Address3" type="text" id="Address3" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="subHeader">Postcode</td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="Postcode" type="text" id="Postcode" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="subHeader">Telephone Number* </td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="Telephone" type="text" id="Telephone" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="subHeader">Mobile Number </td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="Mobile" type="text" id="Mobile" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="25" class="subHeader">Email Address* </td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="Email" type="text" id="Email" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="30" class="subHeader">Status*</td> <td class="subHeader"><select name="StatusClass" id="StatusClass"> <option selected="selected">Please Choose</option> <option>Architect</option> <option>Interior Designer</option> <option>Private Client</option> <option>Student</option> <option>Trade Enquiry</option> </select> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="23" class="subHeader">Project*</td> <td class="subHeader"><select name="Project" size="1" id="Project"> <option selected="selected">Please Choose</option> <option>Planning Stages</option> <option>New Build</option> <option>Refurbishment</option> <option>Barn Conversion</option> <option>No project - information only</option> </select> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="37" class="subHeader">How did you hear about us?*</td> <td class="subHeader"><select name="CameFrom" size="1" id="CameFrom"> <option selected="selected">Please Choose</option> <option>Web Search</option> <option>Grand Designs</option> <option>Living Etc</option> <option>Home Building & Renovation</option> <option>Architect</option> <option>Friend/Family</option> <option>Magazine/Editorial</option> <option>Newspaper Article</option> <option>Trade Show/Exhibition</option> <option>Other</option> </select></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="24" class="subHeader">Brochure Request </td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="Brochure" type="checkbox" id="Brochure" value="checkbox" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="subHeader">Message</td> <td class="subHeader"><span class="style4"> <textarea name="Message" id="Message"></textarea> </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="subHeader"> </td> <td class="subHeader"><input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Submit" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="subHeader"><em>* Required fields</em></td> </tr> </table> </form> Hello all, I have a multistep jquery form that validates user input and then should send me an email. Problem is, right now, I can only get it to validate the first page, then it sends the email before the rest of the pages are viewed. I'm just trying to delay the submission of the form until the "submit_fourth" button is pressed. I've got $25 via paypal for the one who sticks with this one for long enough to come up with a workable solution. Here is my code... I know it's a lot, but I wasn't sure how much would be helpful. HTML code is in the second post in this thread (it was just too much to fit in one go). Cheers! -Dave The Javascript: Code: $(function validateForm(){ //original field values var field_values = { //id : value 'name' : 'your name', 'email' : 'email', 'phone' : '(555) 123-4567', 'other' : 'other', 'detail' : 'project overview' }; //inputfocus $('input#name').inputfocus({ value: field_values['name'] }); $('input#email').inputfocus({ value: field_values['email'] }); $('input#phone').inputfocus({ value: field_values['phone'] }); $('input#other').inputfocus({ value: field_values['other'] }); $('input#detail').inputfocus({ value: field_values['detail'] }); //reset progress bar $('#progress').css('width','0'); $('#progress_text').html('0% Complete'); //first_step $('form').submit(function(){ }); $('#submit_first').click(function(){ //remove classes $('#first_step input').removeClass('error').removeClass('valid'); //ckeck if inputs aren't empty var emailPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/; var fields1 = $('#first_step input[type=text]'); var error = 0; fields1.each(function(){ var value = $(this).val(); if( value.length<5 || value==field_values[$(this).attr('id')] || ( $(this).attr('id')=='email' && !emailPattern.test(value) ) ) { $(this).addClass('error'); $(this).effect("shake", { times:3 }, 50); error++; } else { $(this).addClass('valid'); } }); if(error <= 0) { //update progress bar $('#progress_text').html('25% Complete'); $('#progress').css('width','85px'); //slide steps $('#first_step').slideUp(); $('#second_step').slideDown(); } else return false; }); $('#back_second').click(function(){ //update progress bar $('#progress_text').html('0% Complete'); $('#progress').css('width','0px'); //slide steps $('#second_step').slideUp(); $('#first_step').slideDown(); }); $('#submit_second').click(function(){ //remove classes $('#second_step input').removeClass('error').removeClass('valid'); var fields2 = $('#second_step input[textarea]'); var error = 0; fields2.each(function(){ var value = $(this).val(); if( value.length<5 || value==field_values[$(this).attr('id')] ) { $(this).addClass('error'); $(this).effect("shake", { times:3 }, 50); error++; } else { $(this).addClass('valid'); } }); if(error <= 0) { //update progress bar $('#progress_text').html('50% Complete'); $('#progress').css('width','170px'); //slide steps $('#second_step').slideUp(); $('#third_step').slideDown(); } else return false; }); $('#back_third').click(function(){ //update progress bar $('#progress_text').html('25% Complete'); $('#progress').css('width','85px'); //slide steps $('#third_step').slideUp(); $('#second_step').slideDown(); }); $('#submit_third').click(function(){ //update progress bar $('#progress_text').html('75% Complete'); $('#progress').css('width','255px'); //prepare the fourth step var fields3 = new Array( $('#time').val(), $('#budget').val() ); var fields2half = new Array( $('#detail').val() ); var fields2 = new Array( $('#other').val(), $('#pages').val() ); var fields1 = new Array( $('#name').val(), $('#email').val(), $('#phone').val(), $('#contact').val(), $('#url').val() ); var tr = $('#fourth_step tr'); tr.each(function(){ //alert( fields[$(this).index()] ) $(this).children('.1 td:nth-child(2)').html(fields1[$(this).index()]); $(this).children('.2 td:nth-child(2)').html(fields2[$(this).index()]); $(this).children('.2half td:nth-child(2)').html(fields2half[$(this).index()]); $(this).children('.3 td:nth-child(2)').html(fields3[$(this).index()]); }); //slide steps $('#third_step').slideUp(); $('#fourth_step').slideDown(); }); $('#back_fourth').click(function(){ //update progress bar $('#progress_text').html('50% Complete'); $('#progress').css('width','170px'); //slide steps $('#fourth_step').slideUp(); $('#third_step').slideDown(); }); $('#submit_fourth').click(function(){ //send information to server //update progress bar $('#progress_text').html('100% Complete'); $('#progress').css('width','339px'); //slide steps $('#fifth_step').slideUp(); $('#fourth_step').slideDown(); if(error <= 0) { return true } else{ return false } }); }); Please help, my validation is not working: I added this to my HEAD Code: <script> function validate(){ var temp if (document.form.name.value=="") { alert("Please select a customer.") return false } return true } </script> then here is my form: Code: <form action="send-massemail-script.php" method="post" name="form" onsubmit="return validate()"> <fieldset> <!-- Set class to "column-left" or "column-right" on fieldsets to divide the form into columns --> <p> <label>Customer Name</label> <select name="name" id="name"> <option value="Please select name">Please select name</option> <?php while($row1 = mysql_fetch_array($result3)) { echo '<option value="'.$row1['id'].'">'.$row1['customer_name'].'</option>'; } ?> </select> </p> <p> <label>Email Title</label> <input class="text-input small-input" type="text" id="small-input" name="EmailTitle" /> </p> <p> <label>Email Body</label> <textarea rows="15" cols="79" name="EmailBody" id="textarea" class="text-input textarea wysiwyg" style="width: 930px; height: 247px;"></textarea> </p> <p> <input class="button" type="submit" value="Send Email" /> </p> </fieldset> <div class="clear"></div><!-- End .clear --> </form> I have been hard at work coding a fancy JQuery form validation script. Problem is, when I run validation on my form, it seems to work, but no email is sent. But when I disable validation, the email sends just fine. I am fairly new to JavaScript, and need some help pinpointing where my error is. Here is the code. Code: // BEGIN JAVASCRIPT $(function(){ //original field values var field_values = { //id : value 'name' : 'your name', 'email' : 'your email', 'yourmessage' : 'I would like to inquire about' }; //inputfocus $('input#name').inputfocus({ value: field_values['name'] }); $('input#email').inputfocus({ value: field_values['email'] }); $('textarea#yourmessage').inputfocus({ value: field_values['yourmessage'] }); //form validation $('form').submit(function validateForm(){ return false }); // removing this return false seems to mess up validation $('#submit').click(function(){ //remove classes $('#sendamessage input').removeClass('error').removeClass('valid'); //ckeck if inputs aren't empty var emailPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/; var fields1 = $('#sendamessage input[type=text],#sendamessage textarea'); var error = 0; fields1.each(function(){ var value = $(this).val(); if( value.length<2 || value==field_values[$(this).attr('id')] || ( $(this).attr('id')=='email' && !emailPattern.test(value) ) ) { $(this).addClass('error'); // css class $(this).effect("shake", { times:3 }, 50); error++; } else { $(this).addClass('valid'); // css class } }); if(!error) { // this is where I get confused. How do I make this send the form? alert('Data sent'); }); } }); }); // END JAVASCRIPT <form method="post" action="" onsubmit="return validateForm()" > <input type="hidden" name="ccf_customhtml" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="success_message" value="Thank you for filling out our form!" /> <input type="hidden" name="destination_email" value="dauidus@gmail.com" /> <input type="hidden" name="required_fields" value="" /> <label for="name">Name</label> <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="your name" /> <label for="email">Email</label> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="your email" /> <label for="yourmessage">Your Message</label> <textarea name="yourmessage" id="yourmessage" value="I would like to inquire about" style="margin-bottom:20px;" />I would like to inquire about</textarea> <input class="send submit" id="submit" type="submit" value="" style="position: relative; bottom: -70px; left: 25px; " /> </form> I am using a WordPress plugin to automatically send the contents of the form to email. It works without the javascript enabled. But when I turn on JS the form gets validated, but no email is sent. Please let me know if I should include anything else here... I've been looking at this code so much that I'm having a hard time doing it with fresh eyes. The problem page is on http://new.dauidusdesign.com/contact/. FYI, I am also looking to make this work with the 'request a quote' link on the same page. Cheers! -Dave I wrote a function to to validate some elements in my form and for some reason I can't seem to figure out why my radio validation is not working. There are about 3 to 4 radio buttons. all with the same name, but i need to make sure that at least one out of this group is selected. Below is my code. Any help would be very useful. Thanks! JS: Code: <script type="text/javascript"> function validate_required(field,alerttxt,select) { with (field) { if (value==null||value=="") { alert(alerttxt);return false; } else { return true; } } } function validate_form(thisform) { with (thisform) { if (document.getElementsByName('sleeper').checked==false) { window.alert('Please select a sleeper') return false;} } } //last </script> Form: Code: <form name="week_picks" method="post" action="confirm.php" onsubmit="return validate_form(this)"> <input name="sleeper" type="radio" value="<?=$sleeper;?>" /> <input name="sleeper" type="radio" value="<?=$sleeper;?>" /> <input name="sleeper" type="radio" value="<?=$sleeper;?>" /> etc... </form> I have used this formula before, for some reason it isnt working properly. If the value is equal to 0 it will give an alert and return false. Then if you change the value of the drop down it won't let you submit. Does anyone see anything wrong? Code: <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- function validate_form ( ) { valid = true; if ( document.week_picks.blowout.value == "0" ) { alert ( "Please Select a Blowout" ); } return false; } //--> </script> Code: <form name="week_picks" method="post" action="confirm.php" onsubmit="return validate_form()"> <select id="blowout" name="blowout"> <option value="0">..</option> .... </select> Thanks for any help. It does not work in ie7! Here is my code and my link... I have been trying to fix for 2 hours now! Please help. I tried using jquery 1.6.1, 1.5.2, min.validation, regular validation, i changed the buttons to input type="submit" and did everything else I could find but nothing works. When you click submit, it does not validate. It goes straight to my thank you page and I get a blank form in return. I do not know much jquery, just enough to know what I copy and paste and make some minimal changes. Thanks! http://www.denver-website-designer.com/quote.html <script type="text/javascript"> $().ready(function() { var erroralert = $("#quoteForm").bind("invalid-form.validate", function() { $("#erroralert"); }); }); $.metadata.setType("attr", "validate"); $.validator.addMethod("ninja", function(value) { return value == "ninja"; }, 'Can a robot spell "ninja"'); $().ready(function() { $("#quoteForm").validate({ errorContainer: $("#erroralert"), rules: { fullname: { required:true, minlength:2, }, email: { required:true, email:true, }, phone: { required:true, minlength:10, maxlength:15, }, pages: { required:true, minlength:1, maxlength:10, number:true }, whyrate: { required:true, minlength:10, }, ninja: "ninja", }, messages: { email: "Please enter a valid email address", pages: "Numeric values only", } }); }); </script> Hi All, I have created my second Form to File Web Form thanks to some help from other members. Looks great. I am still new to HTML and Javascript, but basically I took my First Web Form coding (with the Java Script) and manipulated it so that it suited my needs for my 2nd Form (both are very close to being the same). For some reason, I can't get my Java Script validation to take effect. I was wondering if some one could try to pin point why it isn't functioning properly? Again it could be the most obvious thing, but please bear with me as I learn. Just for a little more clarity, I am going to list the things that I have changed to possibly make it easier to pin point: Added Fields: Department, SteetAddress, CityState Deleted: State/Research Accounts, Vendor Checkbox Modified: "Type" which is a radio button that I have changed the choices of. I beleive that's it...I will post my Java Script here and attach my Index File. Thank you in advance!! Code: /******************************************************************************** * * FORM VALIDATION * ********************************************************************************/ // get the value of a radio button group: function getRBValue(grp) { if ( grp.length == null ) return grp.checked ? grp.value : null; for ( var g = 0; g < grp.length; ++g ) { if ( grp[g].checked ) return grp[g].value; } return null; } // trim a string function trim(fld) { var val = fld.value.replace(/^\s+/,"").replace(/\s+%/,"").toUpperCase(); fld.value = val; return val; } var echk = /^([a-z][\w\-\'\.]*)+\@([a-z][\w\-\'\.]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/i function emailCheck( fld ) { var email = trim( fld ); fld.value = email; return echk.test(email); } var digonly = /[^\d]/g function formatPhone( fld ) { var ph = fld.value.replace( digonly, "" ); if ( ph.length != 10 ) return; fld.value = "(" + ph.substring(0,3) + ") " + ph.substring(3,6) + "-" + ph.substring(6); } var phchk = /^\(\d\d\d\) \d\d\d\-\d\d\d\d$/ function phoneCheck( fld ) { return phchk.test(fld.value); } function validateForm( frm ) { var oops = ""; if ( trim( frm.elements["Username."] ).length < 5 ) oops += "You must enter your first and last name\n"; if ( ! emailCheck( frm.elements["Email."] ) ) oops += "That does not appear to be a valid email address\n"; if ( trim( frm.elements["Department."] ).length < 3) oops += "You must enter your department name\n"; if ( ! phoneCheck( frm.elements["Phone."] ) ) oops += "That is not a valid 10-digit phone number\n"; if ( trim( frm.elements["ShipToBuildingRoom."] ).length < 5 ) oops += "You must enter your building and room information\n"; if ( trim( frm.elements["StreetAddress."] ).length < 5 ) oops += "You must enter your street address information\n"; if ( trim( frm.elements["CityZip."] ).length < 5 ) oops += "You must enter your city and zip code information\n"; apptype = getRBValue( frm.elements["Type."] ); if ( apptype == null ) oops += "You must check one class\n"; var app = getRBValue( frm.RequireApprovalYesNo ); if ( app == null ) oops += "You must specify whether or not approval is required.\n"; if ( app == "Yes" ) { if ( trim( frm.Approver ).length < 5 ) oops += "You must enter the name of the approver\n"; if ( ! emailCheck( frm.ApprovalEmail ) ) oops += "The approval email is not a valid email address\n"; } } function showapp(yesno) { document.getElementById("APP1").style.display = document.getElementById("APP2").style.display = document.getElementById("APP3").style.display = yesno ? "" : "none"; } </SCRIPT> Hi, So I think I can't see the trees for the forest. I'm pretty good at code and usually work out the answer myself. I am doing some work for a client, working on some code written by someone else. It is a form, and for some reason the validation isn't working. The form sends with or without data entered into the mandatory fields. I can't look at the code anymore.. Is this the correct place I would ask for help with such a thing? Thanks kindly. I've been using a script for verifying forms across several pages, and I've run into a page where it won't work the way it is. It's a form that loops through and creates a set of fields over and over, depending on the number of attendees. I'm assuming this disrupts the form verification because the fields get generated with the same id. I think I need to find another way to make sure the user enters valid and complete information. Here's what I've been using: Code: function myForm(){ // Make quick references to our fields var fname = document.getElementById('fname'); var lname = document.getElementById('lname'); var birth_month = document.getElementById('birth_month'); var birthday = document.getElementById('birthday'); var birthyear = document.getElementById('birthyear'); // Check each input in the order that it appears in the form! if(isAlphabet(fname, "Please enter only letters for your first name")){ if(isAlphabet(lname, "Please enter only letters for your last name")){ if(madeSelection(birth_month, "Pleace choose a birth month")){ if(madeSelection(birthday, "Please choose a birth day")){ if(madeSelection(birthyear, "Please choose a birth year")){ return true; } } } } } return false; } function isAlphabet(elem, helperMsg){ var alphaExp = /^[a-zA-Z ]+$/; if(elem.value.match(alphaExp)){ return true; }else{ alert(helperMsg); elem.focus(); return false; } } function madeSelection(elem, helperMsg){ if(elem.value == ''){ alert(helperMsg); elem.focus(); return false; }else{ return true; } } </script> <!-- the snippet that creates the form fields is he --> $count = $line; $i = 1; while ($i <= $count) { $i++; /* the printed value would be $i before the increment (post-increment) */ $x = $i-1; ?> <form name="register1" class="registration_form" method="post" action="register2.php" target="_self" onsubmit="return myForm()"> First Name<br><input type="text" name="kfname[]" id="fname" onfocus="this.className='reg_live';" onblur="this.className='reg_off';" /><br> Kid's Last Name<br><input type="text" name="klname[]" id="lname" onfocus="this.className='reg_live';" onblur="this.className='reg_off';" /><br> Birthdate<br> <select style="width:75px;" id="birth_month" name="bdate2[]" onfocus="this.className='reg_live';" onblur="this.className='reg_off';" > <option value="">month</option> <option value="01">Jan</option> <option value="02">Feb</option> <!-- etcetera --> </select> <select style="width:57px;" id="birthday" name="bdate[]" onfocus="this.className='reg_live';" onblur="this.className='reg_off';" > <option value="">day</option> <option value="01">01</option> <option value="02">02</option> <!-- etcetera --> </select> <select style="width:60px;" id="birthyear" name="bdate3[]" onfocus="this.className='reg_live';" onblur="this.className='reg_off';" > <option value="">year</option> <option value="1993">1993</option> <option value="1994">1994</option> <!-- etcetera --> </select> </form> I am trying to create a form and validate it so that when the user enters their details, it doesn't let them confirm if the details are not filled out or incorrect. I am trying to use document.getElementById and labels, so instead of alerts appearing, a label appears next to the field that is required. I also am trying to validate the email to make sure the '@' and the '.' is in the right place.
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