JavaScript Form Validator number two

JavaScript Form Validator

This is an updated and improved version of AJAX Generic Form Parser

Our updated JavaScript code is smaller, prettier :) and more powerful (just).

That’s nice, but what does it do?
Well it validates your form stupid!! as with most (if not all?) posts on this website, the script is simple, easy to follow and not jam packed with to many features. Basically this script will look for required fields (which you specify in your form.. I’ll come to this later) and if a required field is empty, it will through up a JavaScript alert box telling the user (and prevent the form from being submitted).

Before I present to you the Code Example, I’ll explain a little about how to configure your form and make certain fields required.
For simplicity, I’ve chosen to make use of the fields ‘Title’ tag. This is where you make fields required.

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Note: The script will support the following form field types:

• Text
• Textarea
• Password
• Select

Just to recap. To make any of the supported fields required, just add title=”required”!

Triggering the form to call the JavaScript Validation Script:
In order for the form to call the JavaScript and check all the required fields, we need to prevent the form from submitting. In order to achieve this, we will use the onSubmit event on the form tag. Example:

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We must use return before the function call, this tells to form ‘do not submit the form unless the function returns true’.

The JavaScript form Validator Script

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From : http://www.ajaxtutorial.net/index.php/2007/01/17/javascript-form-validator-number-two/