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How to Validate HTML form using Jquery

09 Nov 2016 by Lovely Gautam
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How to Validate HTML form using Jquery

Jquery Validation is simple, it doesn't have to be a scary or time-consuming process. This tutorial shows you how to set up a basic form validation with jQuery. Here i am going to use jQuery Validation Plugin, it makes simple clientside form validation easy, whilst still offering plenty of customization options.

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Step 1: Include jQuery

First, we need to include jQuery as the validation plugin is currently only compatible with jQuery versions lower than 2.0.

Create a new HTML file named index.html and include jQuery before the closing tag:


<head>
	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>

Step 2: Include the jQuery Validation Plugin

Include the plugin after jQuery, or you can download them in your folder and call them from there:


<head>
	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.validation/1.15.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
</head>

Step 3: Create a HTML form

Now you need to create a form in html, For the mail sending we want to collect the following user information:

1. Name
2. Email
3. Phone Number
4. Message

So, let’s create our form containing these input fields:


<div id="contact">
	<h4>Say Hello!</h4>
	< form id="form" action="#" method="post" >
		< input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Name..." />
		< input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email id..." />
		< input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="Phone..." />
		< textarea name="message" placeholder="Message..." ></ textarea >
		< button value="Submit" > Submit < button >
	</ form >
</div>

Step 4: Create Style for the form

You can create style for the form to look good and attractive, here it goes:


<head>
	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.validation/1.15.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
	<style>
	h4 {
		color:#001C27;
		font-size:22px;
		font-weight:bold;
		margin-bottom:12px;
		margin-top:0;
		text-transform:uppercase;
	}
	input, textarea, button, label {
		display:block;
	}
	input, textarea {
		margin-bottom: 10px;
		display: block;
		border-radius:4px;
		border:1px solid #a5a5a5;
		font-family:arial;
		font-size:14px;
		width:200px;
		color:#797C80;
	}
	input:focus, textarea:focus {
		background:#f3f3f3;
	}
	input {
		height:40px;
		padding:0 10px;
	}
	textarea {
		height:100px;
		padding:10px 10px;
	}
	input.error, textarea.error {
		border: 1px solid red;
	}
	label.error {
		color: red;
		font-size:12px;
		margin-bottom:10px;
	}
	input.valid, textarea.valid {
		border: 1px solid green;
	}
	.ok {
		display:none !important;
	}
	button {
		background:#BB002B;
		padding:10px 40px;
		color:#fff;
		border:2px solid #BB002B;
		border-radius:4px;
		font-size:14px;
		font-weight:bold;
		margin-top:20px;
		cursor:pointer;
	} 
	button:hover {
		background:transparent;
		color:#BB002B;
	}
	#contact {
		margin:0 auto;
		padding:40px;
		border:1px solid #a5a5a5;
		width:222px;
	}
	</style>
</head>

Step 5: Create the Validation Rules

Finally create validation rules for the form like this, its easy:


<script>
	$(function(){
		$("#form").validate({
		rules: {
			name: {
				required: true,
				minlength: 3
			},
			phone: {
				required: true,
				number: true,
				minlength: 6
			},
			email: {
				required: true,
				email: true
			},
			message: {
				required: true,
				minlength: 5
			}
		},
		messages: {
			name: {
				required: 'Name is required',
				minlength: 'Minimum length: 3'
			},
			phone: {
				required: 'Phone Number is required',
				number: 'Invalid phone number',
				minlength: 'Minimum length: 6'
			},
			email: {
				required: 'E-mail is required',
				email: 'Invalid e-mail address'
			},
			message: {
				required: 'Messaage is required',
				minlength: 'Atleast say HELLO!'
			}
		},
		success: function(label) {
			label.html('OK').removeClass('error').addClass('ok');
			setTimeout(function(){
				label.fadeOut(500);
			}, 2000)
		}
		});
	});
</script>

That’s it, you’re done! Now you have an idea how to set up form validation with jQuery. Thank you!! Hope you liked it.

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