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Validation help for a NooB (JS?) - eris667 - Feb 25th, 2017
I have created a form, and it is working great!
The only thing I would like to do is prevent duplicate text box entries for a certain field (empire_name)
The form is FormBuilder type, Published
For what I am reading I need to use the JS validation method?
https://docs.formtools.org/userdoc/field_validation/?page=edit_field_dialog
https://docs.formtools.org/tutorials/js_validation/
How / Where do I make the changes?
I seem to be missing something, probably simple....
Thanks!
Mike
RE: Validation help for a NooB (JS?) - eris667 - Mar 4th, 2017
Bump?
Still trying to figure this out...
RE: Validation help for a NooB (JS?) - eris667 - May 1st, 2017
Bump?
RE: Validation help for a NooB (JS?) - nelsondcosta - Aug 23rd, 2017
baaah tool its great but support its very hard :S
it should be a premium support
RE: Validation help for a NooB (JS?) - ocbroadband - Nov 2nd, 2017
(May 1st, 2017, 1:02 PM)eris667 Wrote: Bump?
Is this a internal or external form. If external, can you paste it here? Remove any sensitive info of course.
Here's a snippet for a single field and what is required for a external form. All the below is in a single .php file, but pruned to just show the minimum fields.
Registration Page
PHP Code:
<?php
require_once("/xxx/xxx/formtool/global/api/api.php");
$fields = ft_api_init_form_page(2);
// validation time!
$errors = array();
if (isset($_POST['sbmt']))
{
$rules = array();
$rules[] = "required,firstname,Please enter your first name.";
$rules[] = "letters_only,firstname,Please only use letters for your first name. *-No spaces/numbers/etc.";
$errors = validate_fields($_POST, $rules);
// no errors - great! Now we process the page. The ft_api_process_form does
// the job of both updating the database and redirecting to the next page
if (empty($errors))
{
$params = array(
"submit_button" => "sbmt",
"next_page" => "https://www.xxxx.com/wp/thank-you/",
"form_data" => $_POST,
"finalize" => true
);
ft_api_process_form($params);
}
// it failed validation. Update $fields with the latest contents of the form data
else
{
$fields = array_merge($_SESSION["form_tools_form"], $_POST);
}
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Registration Form</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="registration.css">
</head>
<body>
<?php
// if $errors is not empty, the form must have failed one or more validation
// tests. Loop through each and display them on the page for the user
if (!empty($errors))
{
echo "<div class='error'>Please fix the following errors:\n<ul>";
foreach ($errors as $error)
echo "<li>$error</li>\n";
echo "</ul></div>";
}
?>
<!-- Start of FORM -->
<div align="center">
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]?>" method="POST">
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" width="800">
<tbody>
<tr align="center">
<td colspan="2" rowspan="1" valign="top"> <h2>HEADER 2</h2></td>
</tr>
<tr align="center">
<td rowspan="1" colspan="2" valign="top" width="618"><BIG><BIG><B>TITLE<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" width="35%">First Name<br>
</td>
<td valign="top" width="618"><input maxlength="30" size="30" type="text" name="firstname" value="<?=@$fields["firstname"]?>" /> *-Required</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="1" valign="top">
<div align="center">Please confirm everything is correct before you submit!<br><input name="sbmt" value="Submit/Validate Form" type="submit"> </div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</form>
</div>
<!-- End of FORM -->
</body>
</html>
You'll have to read through the options for the different field types, but the above should give you a base page to start with. Hopefully, I didn't bork anything up by removing too much for this example.
Lyle