I was wondering why my form validation was not working if anyone could help fix. I need it to validate the input in the forms but it does not work and just submits. I understand the majority of logic but have no idea why it is not working
<form id="regform" method="post" action="register.php">
<p>Areas marked with a (*) are required by the form!</p>
<fieldset>
<legend>Account Information</legend>
<div class="textinput">
<label for="username">User Name *</label>
<input id="username" type="text" name="id" />
</div>
<div class="textinput">
<label for="email">Email *</label>
<input id="email" type="text" name="id" />
</div>
<div class="textinput">
<label for="pwd1">Password *</label>
<input id="pwd1" type="password" name="pwd1" />
<span id="pwdHelpBtn" class="button" >Password Rule</span>
<div id="pwdHelpWin" class="window" >
<p>Password must satisfy the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Must be 8 characters long</li>
<li>Must contain atleast 1 number</li>
<li>Must contain atleast 1 upper & lower case letter</li>
</ul>
<span id="pwdHelpClose" class="button" >Close</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="textinput">
<label for="pwd2">Retype Password *</label>
<input id="pwd2" type="password" name="pwd2" />
</div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend>User Information</legend>
<div class="textinput">
<label for="name">Name *</label>
<input id="name" type="text" name="name" />
</div>
<div class="radioinput">
<fieldset>
<legend>Gender *</legend>
<input id="genderm" type="radio" name="gender" value="M" />
<label for="genderm">Male</label>
<input id="genderf" type="radio" name="gender" value="F" />
<label for="genderf">Female</label>
</fieldset>
</div>
</fieldset>
<p>
<input id="signup" type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</p>
</form>
function validate()
{
var pwd1 = document.getElementById("pwd1").value;
var pwd2 = document.getElementById("pwd2").value;
var username = document.getElementById("username").value;
var genderm = document.getElementById("genderm").checked;
var genderf = document.getElementById("genderf").checked;
var name = document.getElementById("name").value;
var email = document.getElementById("email").value;
var errmsg = "";
var result = true;
var pattern = /^[a-zA-z ]+$/;
var pwd1length = pwd1.length;
if(email == "")
{
errmsg += "Email cannot be empty\n";
}
else
{
if(!email.match("@"))
{
errmsg += "Please enter email address\n";
}
}
if(pwd1 == "")
{
errmsg += "Please Enter a Password\n";
}
else
{
if(pwd1length < 6)
errmsg += "Password must be atleast 6 characters long\n";
}
if(pwd2 == "")
{
errmsg += "Please Re-enter a Password\n";
}
else
{
if(pwd2 != pwd1)
{
errmsg += "Password does not match\n";
}
}
if(username == "")
{
errmsg += "Please enter a User Name\n";
}
else
{
if(!username.match (pattern))
{
errmsg += "User Name Contains Symbols\n";
}
}
if(!(genderm || genderf))
{
errmsg += "Please Select Gender\n";
}
if(name != "")
{
errmsg += "Please enter a name\n"
}
if(errmsg != "")
{
alert (errmsg);
result = false;
}
return result;
}
function init()
{
name = document.getElementById("name");
email = document.getElementById("email");
pwd1 = document.getElementById("pwd1");
pwd2 = document.getElementById("pwd2");
username = document.getElementById("username");
var regForm = document.getElementById("regform");
regForm.onsubmit = validate;
}
window.onload = init;
I have found the issue, You have to replace the following code if(name != "")
to
if(name == "")
{
errmsg += "Please enter a name\n"
}
function validate() { var pwd1 = document.getElementById("pwd1").value; var pwd2 = document.getElementById("pwd2").value; var username = document.getElementById("username").value; var genderm = document.getElementById("genderm").checked; var genderf = document.getElementById("genderf").checked; var name = document.getElementById("name").value; var email = document.getElementById("email").value; var errmsg = ""; var result = true; var pattern = /^[a-zA-z ]+$/; var pwd1length = pwd1.length; if(email == "") { errmsg += "Email cannot be empty\\n"; } else { if(!email.match("@")) { errmsg += "Please enter email address\\n"; } } if(pwd1 == "") { errmsg += "Please Enter a Password\\n"; } else { if(pwd1length < 6) errmsg += "Password must be atleast 6 characters long\\n"; } if(pwd2 == "") { errmsg += "Please Re-enter a Password\\n"; } else { if(pwd2 != pwd1) { errmsg += "Password does not match\\n"; } } if(username == "") { errmsg += "Please enter a User Name\\n"; } else { if(!username.match (pattern)) { errmsg += "User Name Contains Symbols\\n"; } } if(!(genderm || genderf)) { errmsg += "Please Select Gender\\n"; } if(name == "") { errmsg += "Please enter a name\\n" } if(errmsg != "") { alert (errmsg); result = false; } alert("SUCCESS"); return result; } function init() { name = document.getElementById("name"); email = document.getElementById("email"); pwd1 = document.getElementById("pwd1"); pwd2 = document.getElementById("pwd2"); username = document.getElementById("username"); var regForm = document.getElementById("regform"); regForm.onsubmit = validate; } window.onload = init;
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"> <script src="script.js"></script> </head> <body> <form id="regform" method="post" action="register.php"> <p>Areas marked with a (*) are required by the form!</p> <fieldset> <legend>Account Information</legend> <div class="textinput"> <label for="username">User Name *</label> <input id="username" type="text" name="id" />Username must be a alphabet </div> <div class="textinput"> <label for="email">Email *</label> <input id="email" type="text" name="id" /> </div> <div class="textinput"> <label for="pwd1">Password *</label> <input id="pwd1" type="password" name="pwd1" /> <span id="pwdHelpBtn" class="button" >Password Rule</span> <div id="pwdHelpWin" class="window" > <p>Password must satisfy the following:</p> <ul> <li>Must be 8 characters long</li> <li>Must contain atleast 1 number</li> <li>Must contain atleast 1 upper & lower case letter</li> </ul> <span id="pwdHelpClose" class="button" >Close</span> </div> </div> <div class="textinput"> <label for="pwd2">Retype Password *</label> <input id="pwd2" type="password" name="pwd2" /> </div> </fieldset> <fieldset> <legend>User Information</legend> <div class="textinput"> <label for="name">Name *</label> <input id="name" type="text" name="name" /> </div> <div class="radioinput"> <fieldset> <legend>Gender *</legend> <input id="genderm" type="radio" name="gender" value="M" /> <label for="genderm">Male</label> <input id="genderf" type="radio" name="gender" value="F" /> <label for="genderf">Female</label> </fieldset> </div> </fieldset> <p> <input id="signup" type="submit" value="Submit"/> </p> </form> </body> </html>
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