I have created a form using bootstrap and am using javascript for form validation and then a php script to grab the post data and display it
the basic structure is the following and I have made this as minimal as I could to address this specific issue. The issue I am having is that the script to check for the form validation works perfectly in the <script> tags at the end of the body, but instead of preventing the page from being submitted as it should it still processes to the next page with the form's contents that are being made through the php post action when the form is indeed not filled out correctly.
Why is this? Should the form validation still not stop the page from moving on to the post data since the validation is returning false if the form has not been submitted correctly. All the form validation alerts pop up correctly and I;m getting no console errors after checking, or do I need to perform an additional check to only process the post data if the form is valid?
<html>
other tags.....
<body>
<form name = "OrderForm" action = "process_order.php" onsubmit = "orderbutton" method = "post">
a bunch of content, divs, checkboxes, etc
</form>
</body>
<script>
function CheckForm() {
var Name = document.getElementById("Name");
var fries = document.forms.OrderForm.FryRadio;
var fryyes = fries[0].checked
var fryno = fries[1].checked
var bool = true;
if ((Name.value == "" || Name.value == "Name") || (!(document.getElementById("SandwichRadio").checked || document.getElementById("WrapRadio").checked))) {
bool = false;
}
else if (!(fryyes || fryno)) {
bool = false;
}
if (!(bool)) {
alert("Please fill out all of the required fields.");
return false;
}
else {
alert("Your order is being submitted");
console.log("Submitted")
}
};
</script>
</html>
You should call function on submit , I dont know what are you doing with current onsubmit='...'
So use following, call function when you submit the form.
<form name = "OrderForm" action = "process_order.php" onsubmit = "return CheckForm()" method = "post">
a bunch of content, divs, checkboxes, etc
</form>
For demo : Check Fiddle
first of all what you can do is:
you do not need the !fryes in another if statement:
you can do it also in the first if:
if ((Name.value == "" || Name.value == "Name") || (!(document.getElementById("SandwichRadio").checked || document.getElementById("WrapRadio").checked)) || ( (!(fryyes || fryno))) {
bool = false;
}
also what you can do is if bool is false, disable your submit button if there is any?
you can also do an onchange on the texboxes, that way you can validate each text box or checkbox one by one. and have the bool true and false?
I did something like this on jquery long time ago, for validation, where I checked each texbox or dropdown against database and then validate, aswell..
The code is below
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
var works=true;
//Coding for the captcha, to see if the user has typed the correct text
$('#mycaptcha').on('keyup',function(){
if($('#mycaptcha').val().length>=5){
$.post("user_test/captcha_check.php",
{
// userid: $("#userlogin").val(),
mocaptcha: $("#mycaptcha").val(),
},
function(data,status){
if(data==0){
document.getElementById("final_error").innerHTML="Captcha did not match";
works=false;
}
if(data==1){
works=true;
document.getElementById("final_error").innerHTML="";
}
});
}
});
//Works like a flag, if any mistake in the form it will turn to false
//Coding the submit button...
$('#submitbtn').on('click',function(){
var arrLang = [];
var arrPrf = [];
uid = $("#userid").val();
capc = $('#mycaptcha').val();
pwd = $("#pwd1").val();
fname = $("#fname").val();
lname = $("#lname").val();
email = $("#memail").val();
pass = $("#pwd2, #pwd1").val();
daysel = $('#dayselect').val();
monthsel = $('#monthselect').val();
yearsel = $('#yearselect').val();
agree_term = $('#agree_box').prop('checked');
//checks if the textboxes are empty it will change the flag to false;
if((!uid) || (!capc) ||(!fname) || (!lname) || (!email) || (!pass) || (!daysel) || (!monthsel) || (!yearsel) || (!agree_term)){
works=false;
}
if(!works){
document.getElementById('final_error').innerHTML ="<font size='1.3px' color='red'>Please fill the form, accept the agreement and re-submit your form</font>";
}
else{
works=true;
//A jquery function, that goes through the array of selects and then adds them to the array called arrLang
$('[id=lang]').each(function (i, item) {
var lang = $(item).val();
arrLang.push(lang);
});
//A jquery function, that goes through the array of select prof and then adds them to the array called arrprf
$('[id=prof]').each(function (i, item) {
var prof = $(item).val();
arrPrf.push(prof);
});
var data0 = {fname: fname, mlname : lname, userid : uid,password:pwd, emailid : email, mylanguage : arrLang, proficient : arrPrf, dob : yearsel+"-"+monthsel+"-"+daysel};
//var json = JSON2.stringify(data0 );
$.post("Register_action.php",
{
// userid: $("#userlogin").val(),
json: data0,
},
function(data,status){
if(data==1){
//alert(data);
window.location = 'Registered.php';
}
document.getElementById("userid_error").innerHTML=data;
});
}
});
//to open the agreement in a seperate page to read it..
$("#load_agreement").click(function () {
window.open("agreement.html", "PopupWindow", "width=600,height=600,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no");
});
//A code that loads, another page inside the agreement div
$( "#agreement" ).load( "agreement.html" );
//This part here will keep generating, duplicate of the language and profeciency box, incase someone needs it
$('#Add').click(function(){
//we select the box clone it and insert it after the box
$('#lang').clone().insertAfter("#lang").before('<br>');
$('#prof').clone().insertAfter("#prof").before('<br>');
});
//this part here generates number 1-31 and adds into month and days
i=0;
for(i=1; i<=31; i++){
$('#dayselect').append($('<option>', {value:i, text:i}));
if(i<=12){
$('#monthselect').append($('<option>', {value:i, text:i}));
}
}
//this code here generates years, will work for the last, 120 years
year=(new Date).getFullYear()-120;
i = (new Date).getFullYear()-16;
for(i; i>=year; i--){
$('#yearselect').append($('<option>', {value:i, text:i}));
}
//Regex Patterns
var pass = /^[a-z0-9\.\-\)\(\_)]+$/i;
var uname = /^[a-z0-9\.\-]+$/i;
var mname = /^[a-z ]+$/i;
var emailReg = /^([\w-\.]+#([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$/;
//When the Last Name texbox is changing this will be invoked
$("#fname").keydown(function(){
//comparing the above regex to the value in the texbox, if not from the box then send error
if(!mname.test($("#fname").val())){
//fill the textbox label with error
document.getElementById("fname_error").innerHTML="<font color='red' size='2px' family='verdana'>Invalid FirstName</font>";
$("#fname").css("border-color","rgba(255,0,0,.6)");
works=false;
}
else{
$("#fname").css("border-color","rgba(0,255,100,.6)");
document.getElementById("fname_error").innerHTML="";
works = true;
}
});//end of fname onchange
//When the Last Name texbox is changint this will be invoked
$("#lname").keydown(function(){
//comparing the above regex to the value in the texbox
if(!mname.test($("#lname").val())){
//fill the textbox label with error
document.getElementById("lname_error").innerHTML="<font color='red' size='2px' family='verdana'>Invalid LastName</font>";
$("#lname").css("border-color","rgba(255,0,0,.6");
works=false;
}
else{
$("#lname").css("border-color","rgba(0,255,100,.6)");
document.getElementById("lname_error").innerHTML="";
works = true;
}
});//end of lname on change
//When the userid textbox is chaning,this will be invoked
$("#userid").keydown(function(){
//comparing the above regex to the value in the texbox
if(!uname.test($("#userid").val())){
//fill the textbox label with error
document.getElementById("userid_error").innerHTML="<font color='red' size='2px' family='verdana'>Invalid UserId</font>";
$("#userid").css("border-color","rgba(255,0,0,.6");
works=false;
}
/*
else if($("#userid").val().length<4){
//fill the textbox label with error
document.getElementById("userid_error").innerHTML="<font color='red' size='2px' family='verdana'>Minimum user length is 4</font>";
$("#userid").css("border-color","rgba(255,0,0,.6");
//disable the submit button
//$('#submitbtn').attr('disabled','disabled');
works=false;
}
*/
else{
$("#userid").css("border-color","rgba(0,0,0,.3)");
$.post("user_test/user_email_test.php",
{
// userid: $("#userlogin").val(),
userid: $("#userid").val(),
},
function(data,status){
document.getElementById("userid_error").innerHTML=data;
});
works = true;
}
});//end of change
//When the userid textbox is chaning,this will be invoked
$("#memail").keydown(function(){
//comparing the above regex to the value in the texbox
if(!emailReg.test($("#memail").val())){
//fill the textbox label with error
document.getElementById("email_error").innerHTML="<font color='red' size='2px' family='verdana'>Invalid Email</font>";
$("#memail").css("border-color","rgba(255,0,0,.6");
works=false;
}
else{
works = true;
$.post("./user_test/user_email_test.php",{
useremail: $("#memail").val(),
},
function(data,status){
document.getElementById("email_error").innerHTML=data;
$("#memail").css("border-color","rgba(0,255,0,.3)");
works = true;
});
}
});//end of change
//When the userid textbox is chaning,this will be invoked
$("#pwd2").keyup(function(){
//checking length of the password
if($("#pwd2").val().length<10){
document.getElementById("pwd_error").innerHTML="<font color='red' size='2px' family='verdana'>Please enter a password minimum 10 characters</font>";
//$('#submitbtn').attr('disabled','disabled');
$("#pwd1, pwd2").css("border-color","rgba(0,255,100,.6)");
works=false;
}
//checking if the password matches
else if($("#pwd1").val()!=$("#pwd2").val()){
document.getElementById("pwd_error").innerHTML="<font color='red' size='2px' family='verdana'>Passwords do not match</font>";
//$('#submitbtn').attr('disabled','disabled');
works=false;
$("#pwd1, pwd2").css("border-color","rgba(0,255,100,.6)");
}
else{
$("#pwd1, #pwd2").css("border-color","rgba(0,0,0,.3)");
document.getElementById("pwd_error").innerHTML="";
//comparing the above regex to the value in the texbox and checking if the lenght is atleast 10
if(!pass.test($("#pwd2").val())){
//fill the textbox label with error
document.getElementById("pwd_error").innerHTML="<font color='red' size='1px' family='verdana'>Your password contains invalid character, Please use: a-z 0-9.( )_- only</font>";
$("#pwd1, #pwd2").css("border-color","rgba(255,0,0,.6");
works = false;
}
else{
$("#pwd1 , #pwd2").css("border-color","rgba(0,255,100,.6)");
works = true;
}
}
});//end of change
});//end of document ready
</script>
I am facing big trouble resetting the flag variables. I am not sure where I am missing :(
I have a form with lots of text fields. I am trying to loop through all the fields and on blur of each of the field I am doing some validations. If any of the validation for any of the field fails it should not submit the form. But now I am having a big trouble doing this. If I have 3 fields and the first value I have entered wrong and next two fields if I have given correct, its submitting the form which should not be. Can somebody please help me in this?
var globalValid = false;
var validators = {
spacevalidation: function(val) {
if($.trim(val) != "")
return true;
else
return false;
},
//Other validation fns
};
$('#form1 .required').blur(function(){
var input = $(this);
var tmpValid = true;
input.each(function(){
var classReturn = true;
validatorFlag = true;
input.next('ul.innererrormessages').remove();
input.removeClass('required_IE');
if(firstTime)
{
input.addClass('valid');
}
if (!input.val()) {
input.removeClass('valid');
input.addClass('required');
var $msg = $(this).attr('title');
input.after('<ul class="innererrormessages"><li>'+$msg+'</li></ul>');
globalValid = false;
}
else{
if(this.className) {
var classes = this.className.split(/\s+/);
for(var p in classes) {
if(classes[p] in validators) {
tmpValid = (tmpValid && validators[classes[p]] (input.val())) ? tmpValid : false;
}
}
}
if(tmpValid == false){
input.removeClass('valid');
input.addClass('required');
var $msg = input.attr('title');
input.after('<ul class="innererrormessages"><li>'+$msg+'</li></ul>');
}
}
});
globalValid = tmpValid;
});
$('#form1').submit(function() {
var returnValue = true;
if(globalValid )
{
returnValue = true;
}
else{
returnValue = false;
}
alert("returnValue "+returnValue);
return returnValue;
});
Using this code, if I put a wrong value for first field and correct value for the other two fields, ideally it should return false. But its returning true. I think I am not properly resetting the flag properly
Checkout this example which provides the basic premise of what needs to occur. Each time the blur event is fired you must validate all three fields and store the result of their validation to a global variable.
HTML
<form>
<input />
<input />
<input />
<button type="submit">Submit</form>
</form>
Javascript
var globalValid = false; //Global validation flag
$("input").blur(function(){
//local validation flag
var tmpValid = true;
//When one input blurs validate all of them
$("input").each(function(){
//notice this conditional will shortcircuit if tmpValid is false
//this retains the state of the last validation check
//really simple validation here, required value less than 10
tmpValid = (tmpValid && this.value && this.value < 10) ? tmpValid:false;
});
//assign the result of validating all inputs to a global
globalValid = tmpValid;
});
$("form").submit(function(e){
//This is just here to make the fiddle work better
e.preventDefault();
//check the global validation flag when submitting
if(globalValid){
alert("submitted");
}else{
alert("submit prevented");
}
});
JS Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/uC3mW/1/
Hopefully you can apply the principles in this example to your code. The main difference is the code you have provided does not validate each input on blur.
I have rather large form and along with PHP validation (ofc) I would like to use jQuery. I am a novice with jQuery, but after looking around I have some code working well. It is checking the length of a Text Box and will not allow submission if it is under a certain length. If the entry is lower the colour of the text box changes Red.
The problem I have is as the form is so large it is going to take a long time, and a lot of code to validate each and every box. I therefore wondered is there a way I can loop through all my variables rather than creating a function each time.
Here is what I have:
var form = $("#frmReferral");
var companyname = $("#frm_companyName");
var companynameInfo = $("#companyNameInfo");
var hrmanagername = $("#frm_hrManager");
var hrmanagernameInfo = $("#hrManagerInfo");
form.submit(function(){
if(validateCompanyName() & validateHrmanagerName())
return true
else
return false;
});
Validation Functions
function validateCompanyName(){
// NOT valid
if(companyname.val().length < 4){
companyname.removeClass("complete");
companyname.addClass("error");
companynameInfo.text("Too Short. Please Enter Full Company Name.");
companynameInfo.removeClass("complete");
companynameInfo.addClass("error");
return false;
}
//valid
else{
companyname.removeClass("error");
companyname.addClass("complete");
companynameInfo.text("Valid");
companynameInfo.removeClass("error");
companynameInfo.addClass("complete");
return true;
}
}
function validateHrmanagerName(){
// NOT Valid
if(hrmanagername.val().length < 4){
hrmanagername.removeClass("complete");
hrmanagername.addClass("error");
hrmanagernameInfo.text("Too Short. Please Enter Full Name.");
hrmanagernameInfo.removeClass("complete");
hrmanagernameInfo.addClass("error");
return false;
}
//valid
else{
hrmanagername.removeClass("error");
hrmanagername.addClass("complete");
hrmanagernameInfo.text("Valid");
hrmanagernameInfo.removeClass("error");
hrmanagernameInfo.addClass("complete");
return true;
}
}
As you can see for 50+ input boxes this is going to be getting huge. I thought maybe a loop would work but not sure which way to go about it. Possibly Array containing all the variables? Any help would be great.
This is what I would do and is a simplified version of how jQuery validator plugins work.
Instead of selecting individual inputs via id, you append an attribute data-validation in this case to indicate which fields to validate.
<form id='frmReferral'>
<input type='text' name='company_name' data-validation='required' data-min-length='4'>
<input type='text' name='company_info' data-validation='required' data-min-length='4'>
<input type='text' name='hr_manager' data-validation='required' data-min-length='4'>
<input type='text' name='hr_manager_info' data-validation='required' data-min-length='4'>
<button type='submit'>Submit</button>
</form>
Then you write a little jQuery plugin to catch the submit event of the form, loop through all the elements selected by $form.find('[data-validation]') and execute a generic pass/fail validation function on them. Here's a quick version of what that plugin might look like:
$.fn.validate = function() {
function pass($input) {
$input.removeClass("error");
$input.addClass("complete");
$input.next('.error, .complete').remove();
$input.after($('<p>', {
class: 'complete',
text: 'Valid'
}));
}
function fail($input) {
var formattedFieldName = $input.attr('name').split('_').join(' ');
$input.removeClass("complete");
$input.addClass("error");
$input.next('.error, .complete').remove();
$input.after($('<p>', {
class: 'error',
text: 'Too Short, Please Enter ' + formattedFieldName + '.'
}));
}
function validateRequired($input) {
var minLength = $input.data('min-length') || 1;
return $input.val().length >= minLength;
}
return $(this).each(function(i, form) {
var $form = $(form);
var inputs = $form.find('[data-validation]');
$form.submit(function(e) {
inputs.each(function(i, input) {
var $input = $(input);
var validation = $input.data('validation');
if (validation == 'required') {
if (validateRequired($input)) {
pass($input);
}
else {
fail($input);
e.preventDefault();
}
}
})
});
});
}
Then you call the plugin like:
$(function() {
$('#frmReferral').validate();
});
You could give them all a class for jQuery use through a single selector. Then use your validation function to loop through and handle every case.
$(".validate").each(//do stuff);
form.submit(function(){
if(validateCompanyName() && validateHrmanagerName()) // Its logical AND not bitwise
return true
else
return false;
You can do this.
var x = $("input[name^='test-form']").toArray();
for(var i = 0; i < x.length; i++){
validateCompanyName(x[i]);
validateHrmanagerName(x[i]);
}
I'm having an issue where i'm trying to store the value of a form input so I can call it later, but on submit, the form is removed. The process of what I am trying to achieve is that once the form is removed on submit, it will populate a div with the form input value to deliver a message.
I have two functions:
The first function validates the input fields on window.onload, and has the input value
The second function processes the data to provide results onsubmit
these are the variables that are stored in the function performing the validation:
var fnamez = document.getElementById("last_name_id").value;
var ftext = document.createTextNode(fnamez);
this is the function that is performed on submit
function processForm(e) {
e.preventDefault();
if (q1_valid == true && q2_valid == true && q3_valid == true && q4_valid == true && q5_valid == true) {
var badge = document.getElementById("badge");
badge.setAttribute('class', 'badge');
var form_div = document.getElementById('form');
// remove all child nodes
while (form_div.hasChildNodes()) {
form_div.removeChild(form_div.lastChild);
}
var congrats = document.createTextNode('congratulations!');
badge.appendChild(congrats);
// issue occurs here; thinking its a result of the removal of form
var zfname = document.getElementById('first_name_id').value;
var fnametext = document.createTextNode(zfname);
badge.appendChild(fnametext);
}
badge is the name of the variable that locates the div id = badge
Thank you in advance!
I have HTML form with input fields. Some of inputs can be empty, i.e. the value is "".
<input name="commentary" value="">
Just now, when commentary field is not set, it appears in submit url like: &commentary=
How I can remove empty inputs from the submit url, so when the commentary input is empty it would not be passed at all.
Thank you very much.
Update
Thanks to minitech answer, I could resolve it. JavaScript code is below:
$('#my-form-id').submit(function() {
var commentary = $('#commentary').val();
if (commentary === undefined || commentary === "") {
$('#commentary').attr('name', 'empty_commentary');
} else {
$('#commentary').attr('name', 'commentary');
}
});
The only reason I have prefixed field name with "empty_" is that IE passes empty name in URL anyway.
This can only be done through JavaScript, as far as I know, so if you rely on this functionality you need to restructure. The idea, anyway, is to remove the name attribute from inputs you don’t want included:
jQuery:
$('#my-form-id').submit(function () {
$(this)
.find('input[name]')
.filter(function () {
return !this.value;
})
.prop('name', '');
});
No jQuery:
var myForm = document.getElementById('my-form-id');
myForm.addEventListener('submit', function () {
var allInputs = myForm.getElementsByTagName('input');
for (var i = 0; i < allInputs.length; i++) {
var input = allInputs[i];
if (input.name && !input.value) {
input.name = '';
}
}
});
You might also want to reset the form afterwards, if you use a listener and cancel.
I prefer not to alter the input elements (changing their names, or flagging them as disabled and so), because if you go back you could get a broken form.
Here is my solution instead, which relies on FormData:
window.addEventListener('load', function() {
let forms = document.getElementsByClassName('skipEmptyFields');
for (let form of forms) {
form.addEventListener('formdata', function(event) {
let formData = event.formData;
for (let [name, value] of Array.from(formData.entries())) {
if (value === '') formData.delete(name);
}
});
}
});
You probably don't want to match radio buttons. And if the form contains select's, you'll need to match them too.
With jQuery, you might use something like this:
$('#form-id').submit(function() {
$(this).find('input[type!="radio"][value=""],select:not(:has(option:selected[value!=""]))').attr('name', '');
});
Instead of using a submit-type input, use a button-type input for form submission. The JavaScript handler for the button-type input should call form's submit() method after checking that commentary is non-empty. You should also alert the user to their mistake (better with a red text on the page rather than the pop-up produced by alert()).
Remember that you should not rely solely on client-side input validation, though since it is always possible to send the form from a modified page or directly in HTTP.
Thankyou #Ryan
This is my full solution for this.
I use Jersey and #BeanParam and this fixes the problem of "" & null inputs
$('#submitForm').click(function() {
var url = "webapi/?";
var myForm = document.getElementById('myFormId');
var allInputs = myForm.getElementsByTagName('input');
for (var i = 0; i < allInputs.length; i++) {
var input = allInputs[i];
if (input.value != "" && input.name != "submitForm") {
url += input.name +'='+input.value+'&';
}
}
console.log(url);
$.ajax({
method : "GET",
url : url,
data : {
// data : "json",
// method: "GET"
},
success : function(data) {
console.log("Responce body from Server: \n" + JSON.stringify(data));
$("#responce").html("");
$("#responce").html(JSON.stringify(data));
},
error : function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
console.log(textStatus);
console.log('Error: ' + errorThrown);
}
});
});