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JavaScript

Posted by tate
tate
13,435 Points

Form validation stuffed up...?

So I'm working on a webpage, Webyo contact us And the form validation is completely stuffed up, like, it doesn't work at all, it doesn't even send to the php script ... :(.

tate
tate
13,435 Points

JS validate.js 

// validate contact form
$(function() {
    $('#contact').validate({
        rules: {
            name: {
                required: true,
                minlength: 2
            },
            email: {
                required: true,
                email: true
            },
            message: {
                required: true
            },
            answer: {
                required: true,
                answercheck: true
            }
        },
        messages: {
            name: {
                required: "Please enter a name",
                minlength: "Your name must consist of at least 2 characters"
            },
            email: {
                required: "Please enter an email"
            },
            message: {
                required: "Please enter a message",
                minlength: "Please enter a longer message"
            },
            answer: {
                required: "Incorrect"
            }
        },
        submitHandler: function(form) {
            $(form).ajaxSubmit({
                type:"POST",
                data: $(form).serialize(),
                url:"process.php",
                success: function() {
                    $('#contact :input').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
                    $('#contact').fadeTo( "slow", 0.15, function() {
                        $(this).find(':input').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
                        $(this).find('label').css('cursor','default');
                        $('#success').fadeIn();
                    });
                },
                error: function() {
                    $('#contact').fadeTo( "slow", 0.15, function() {
                        $('#error').fadeIn();
                    });
                }
            });
        }
    });
});

jQuery.validator.addMethod('answercheck', function (value, element) {
        return this.optional(element) || /^\bcat\b$/.test(value);
    }, "Please type the correct answer");