Form Validation example
This is sample code that uses the
JavaScript Form Validation script.
The code below illustrates showing all the form validation error messages
together as explained in the Form Validation : more features page.
The code:
<form action="" name="myform" >
<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0">
<tr>
<td align="right">First Name</td>
<td><input type="text" name="FirstName"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Last Name</td>
<td><input type="text" name="LastName"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">EMail</td>
<td><input type="text" name="Email"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Phone</td>
<td><input type="text" name="Phone"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Address</td>
<td><textarea cols="20" rows="5" name="Address"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Country</td>
<td>
<SELECT name="Country">
<option value="" selected>[choose yours]
<option value="008">Albania
<option value="012">Algeria
<option value="016">American Samoa
<option value="020">Andorra
<option value="024">Angola
<option value="660">Anguilla
<option value="010">Antarctica
<option value="028">Antigua And Barbuda
<option value="032">Argentina
<option value="051">Armenia
<option value="533">Aruba
</SELECT>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"></td>
<td>
<div id='myform_errorloc' class='error_strings'>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
var frmvalidator = new Validator("myform");
frmvalidator.EnableMsgsTogether();
frmvalidator.addValidation("FirstName","req",
"Please enter your First Name");
frmvalidator.addValidation("FirstName","maxlen=20",
"Max length for FirstName is 20");
frmvalidator.addValidation("FirstName","alpha",
"Alphabetic chars only");
frmvalidator.addValidation("LastName","req",
"Please enter your Last Name");
frmvalidator.addValidation("LastName","maxlen=20",
"Max length is 20");
frmvalidator.addValidation("Email","maxlen=50");
frmvalidator.addValidation("Email","req");
frmvalidator.addValidation("Email","email");
frmvalidator.addValidation("Phone","maxlen=50");
frmvalidator.addValidation("Phone","numeric");
frmvalidator.addValidation("Address","maxlen=50");
frmvalidator.addValidation("Country","dontselect=0");
</script>
The form created by the code:
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Form Validation : more features
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