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How To Add Form Validation In HTML?

I have a form:

Solution 1:

Although you can do the validations with HTML5 itself, I generally use jQuery Validate Plugin.

You need jQuery and then include the jQuery Validate Plugin libraries.

Your validate like this. I have validated only for name field. You can take it forward for other fields.

var self = this;
$(document).ready(function() {
  
  
  // Right way, as suggested by @Sparky in the comments below, is to have attache validation code to the form only once.
  $("#myForm").validate({
    rules: {

      'name': { // this is value of the name attribute of your field
        required: true,
      },

      'email': {
        required: true,
        // regex: 'regex for email field goes here'
      }
    },
    messages: {
      'name': {
        required: "Name is required"
      },

      'email': {
        required: "Email is required",
        //regex: 'Error response for regex fail goes here'
      }
    }

  });
  $(".submit").click(function() {

    
    // Do a check each time before submit
    if (!$("#myForm").valid())
      alert("Form has validation errors. Cannot submit!!");
    else {
      alert("Form can be submitted!!");
      // do jQuery form submit here
    }
  });

});
.error {
  color: red;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.14.0/jquery.validate.js"></script>

<form method="post" id="myForm">
  <input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Name :" data-required="true" data-type="Name">
  <input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email:" data-required="true" data-type="Email">
  <input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="Phone Number:" data-required="true" data-type="Phone">
  <select>
    <option value="" disabled selected>College Name:</option>
    <option>College 1</option>
    <option>College 2</option>
    <option>College 3</option>
    <option>College 4</option>
    <option>College 5</option>
    <option>College 6</option>
  </select>
  <select>
    <option value="" disabled selected>Enquiry Type:</option>
    <option>MD/MS Coaching</option>
    <option>MDS Coaching</option>
    <option>DNB Coaching</option>
  </select>
  <textarea>Message</textarea>
  <button class="btn btn-info submit">Submit</button>
</form>

Solution 2:

If you only want the textboxes not to allow empty fields then you can add the "required" keyword.

<form action="demo_form.asp" method="post">
  <input type="text" name="fname" required>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

For more HTML5 Form Validation Examples I recommend:

http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_validation.asp

and

http://www.the-art-of-web.com/html/html5-form-validation/

/ChrisRun


Solution 3:

You can validate form field using html5. Please see following example to validate form-

<form method="post">                    
                <input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Name :" data-required="true"  required>
                <input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Email:" data-required="true"  required>
                <input type="tel" pattern="[0-9]{10,10}" name="phone" placeholder="Phone Number:" data-required="true"  required>
                <select required>
                    <option value="" disabled selected>College Name:</option>
                    <option>College 1</option>
                    <option>College 2</option>
                    <option>College 3</option>
                    <option>College 4</option>
                    <option>College 5</option>
                    <option>College 6</option>
                </select>  
                <select required>
                    <option value="" disabled selected>Enquiry Type:</option>
                    <option>MD/MS Coaching</option>
                    <option>MDS Coaching</option>
                    <option>DNB Coaching</option> 
                </select>
                <textarea required>Message</textarea>   
             <input type="submit" value="Submit">
            </form>

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