validation-form v0.1.0

Validation-Form

Simple form validation library. Validation rules are to be delivered by data-* attributes.

Requires

• jquery
• es5-shim (for legacy)
• json2 (for legacy)

Basic Usage

HTML

<form id="my-form" method="post" action="post.php">
    <h3>Name:</h3>
    <input type="text" name="name" data-validation="required; length(0, 100)">
    <h3>Email:</h3>
    <input type="text" name="email" data-validation="required; email; length(0, 50)">
    <p>Please input again</p>
    <input type="text" name="email_confirm" data-validation="required; equals(email)">
    <input type="submit" value="SEND">
</form>

JavaScript

$("#my-form").validationForm({
    defaultMessage: "This field is required",
    messages: {
        name: {
            length: "Please input 100 characters or less"
        },
        email: {
            email: "Please input valid email address",
            length: "Please input 50 characters or less"
        },
        email_confirm: {
            equals: "Email addreses are not match"
        }
    }
});

Options

Validation Methods

Apply validation methods by data-validation attribute as below.

<input name="name" ... data-validation="method; method(arg1, arg2); method(/regexparg/);">

In the case that several elements are same named, such as checkbox or radio, data-validation attribute need only to be added to one of them.

<!-- input[type=text] -->
<input type="text" name="name" data-validation="required; pattern(/^\d+$/)">
<input type="text" name="age" data-validation="required; integer; range(20, 60)">

<!-- input[type=radio], input[type=checkbox] -->
<label><input type="checkbox" name="color" value="red" data-validation="required"> Red</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" name="color" value="green"> Green</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" name="color" value="blue"> Blue</label>

<!-- select -->
<select name="browser" data-validation="required">
    <option value="">--Please Select--</option>
    <option value="chrome">Google Chrome</option>
    <option value="firefox">Firefox</option>
    <option value="edge">Microsoft Edge</option>
    <option value="other">Other</option>
</select>

Filter Methods

Filter methods manupulate input's value before running validation methods. Apply filter methods by data-filter attributes as below.

<input name="name" ... data-filter="method; method(arg1, arg2); method(/regexparg/);">

Other examples

Async submit

$("#my-form").validationForm({
    submit: false, // prevent submit event
    ...
})
.on("validated", function(){
    // when submitting form and all inputs are validated,
    // "validated" event triggered on form element
    $(this).submitAsync().done(function(){
        // do something by response
    });
});