jQuery Validation Method - validation

Question

Having problem to disable validation in idealforms, I would like to have following fields not being validated

postcode3, memo2, previous_year, previous_month

until value in current_year is less then 3

$(document).ready(function(){

$('#current_year').on("input", function() {
    var dInput = this.value;
    console.log(dInput);
    $('#current_year').text(dInput);

    $('form.idealforms').idealforms('addRules', {
        'postcode3': ( parseInt( $('#current_year').val() ) < 3) ? 'required' : '',
    });
});



      $('form.idealforms').idealforms({

      silentLoad: false,    

      rules: {
        'postcode2': 'required',
        'memo1': 'required',
        'current_year': 'required',
        'current_month': 'required',
      },


      onSubmit: function(invalid, e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        $('#invalid')
          .show()
          .toggleClass('valid', ! invalid)
          .text(invalid ? (invalid +' invalid fields') : 'All good!');
      }
});

Answer 1

Assuming the rest of your code is correct I think the issue is that val() returns a string and not a number . You'll need to write your expressions like so

( parseInt( $('#current_year').val() ) < 3 ) : 'required' : '';

or compare val() to the string value of the number.

( $('#current_year').val() < '3' ) : 'required' : '';

Edit

There is a second issue in that once your rules are declared, nothing in your code changes the rules. So if onload $('#current_year').val() is less then 3, your fields will always be required.

According to the plugin docs you can add rules after initializing the plugin like so

$('form').idealforms('addRules', {
  'comments': 'required minmax:50:200'
});

So you might be able to do use this to update the rules like so.

$('#current_year').on("input", function() {

    $('form.idealforms').idealforms('addRules', {
        'postcode3': ( parseInt( $('#current_year').val() ) < 3) ? 'required' : '',
    });

});