Category Archives: Validator

Methods available on the Validator object returned by the validate method.

Validator.destroy()

Validator.destroy()

Description: Destroys this instance of validator freeing up resources and unregistering events.

Example:

Destroying an instance of validator.

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/*
* On SPA page start.
*/
var validator = $( "#myform" ).validate();
/*
* Just before SPA page's navigation away.
*/
validator.destroy();
/*
* After this point the #myForm form is back to its original boring state.
*/

jQuery.validator.methods

Description: Object holding all validation methods known to the validator. This can be accessed to override individual methods, while keeping the default messages.

    Example:

    Sets a custom email pattern for the built-in email validation rule.

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    $.validator.methods.email = function( value, element ) {
    return this.optional( element ) || /[a-z]+@[a-z]+\.[a-z]+/.test( value );
    }

    jQuery.validator.addClassRules()

    jQuery.validator.addClassRules( name, rules )

    Description: Add a compound class method – useful to refactor common combinations of rules into a single class.

    Examples:

    Example: Add a new compound rule called "name", replacing class="required" minlength="2" with class="name".

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    jQuery.validator.addClassRules("name", {
    required: true,
    minlength: 2
    });

    Example: Add two compound class rules for name and zip.

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    jQuery.validator.addClassRules({
    name: {
    required: true,
    minlength: 2
    },
    zip: {
    required: true,
    digits: true,
    minlength: 5,
    maxlength: 5
    }
    });

    jQuery.validator.format()

    jQuery.validator.format( template, argument, argumentN… )

    Description: Replaces {n} placeholders with arguments.

    One or more arguments can be passed, in addition to the string template itself, to insert into the string.

    If you're familiar with the term, this makes this function support currying. If you don't care about that, just use the first argument.

    Example:

    Sets the debug setting for all validation calls.

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    var template = jQuery.validator.format("{0} is not a valid value");
    // later, results in 'abc is not a valid value'
    alert(template("abc"));

    jQuery.validator.addMethod()

    jQuery.validator.addMethod( name, method [, message ] )

    Description: Add a custom validation method. It must consist of a name (must be a legal javascript identifier), a javascript based function and a default string message.

    • jQuery.validator.addMethod( name, method [, message ] )

      • name
        Type: String
        The name of the method used to identify it and referencing it; this must be a valid JavaScript identifier
      • method
        Type: Function()
        The actual method implementation, returning true if an element is valid. First argument: Current value. Second argument: Validated element. Third argument: Parameters.
        • value
          Type: String
          the current value of the validated element
        • element
          Type: Element
          the element to be validated
        • params
          Type: Object
          parameters specified for the method, e.g. for min: 5, the parameter is 5, for range: [1, 5] it's [1, 5]
      • message
        Type: String
        The default message to display for this method. Can be a function created by ''jQuery.validator.format(value)''. When undefined, an existing message is used (handy for localization), otherwise the field-specific messages have to be defined.
    For simple one-off validation, you can use the bundled pattern method (in additional methods, source in src/additional/pattern.js) to validate a field against a regular expression. In general, it is a good idea to encapsulate those regular expressions inside their own method. If you need lots of slightly different expressions, try to extract a common parameter.

    See also a library of regular expressions.

    Examples:

    Example: Add a validation method that checks if a value starts with a certain domain.

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    jQuery.validator.addMethod("domain", function(value, element) {
    return this.optional(element) || /^http:\/\/mycorporatedomain.com/.test(value);
    }, "Please specify the correct domain for your documents");

    Example: Adds a validation method that checks if a given value equals the addition of the two parameters.

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    jQuery.validator.addMethod("math", function(value, element, params) {
    return this.optional(element) || value == params[0] + params[1];
    }, jQuery.validator.format("Please enter the correct value for {0} + {1}"));

    Example: Adds a custom email validation method that is less strict than the one built-in.

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    jQuery.validator.addMethod("laxEmail", function(value, element) {
    // allow any non-whitespace characters as the host part
    return this.optional( element ) || /^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+@(?:\S{1,63})$/.test( value );
    }, 'Please enter a valid email address.');

    Validator.showErrors()

    Validator.showErrors( errors )

    Description: Show the specified messages.

    Example:

    Adds and shows error message programmatically.

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    var validator = $( "#myshowErrors" ).validate();
    validator.showErrors({
    "firstname": "I know that your firstname is Pete, Pete!"
    });

    Validator.numberOfInvalids()

    Validator.numberOfInvalids( errors )

    Description: Returns the number of invalid fields.

    Example:

    Displays a summary of invalid fields after an invalid submit.

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    var validator = $( "#myform" ).validate({
    invalidHandler: function() {
    $( "#summary" ).text( validator.numberOfInvalids() + " field(s) are invalid" );
    }
    });

    Validator.form()

    Validator.form()

    Description: Validates the form, returns true if it is valid, false otherwise.

    Example:

    Triggers form validation programmatically.

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    var validator = $( "#myform" ).validate();
    validator.form();