Simple Javascript Validation

I hunted around for a good Javascript class to use for validation and finally clobbered together this from various sources on the net. This should be extremely useful for anyone doing client-side validation.


Validate = {
	forMinLength: function(whatYouTyped, length_min) {
		var fieldset = whatYouTyped.parentNode;
		var txt = whatYouTyped.value;
		if (txt.length >= length_min) {
			fieldset.className = "valid";
		} else {
			fieldset.className = "invalid";
		}
	},

	forMaxLength: function(whatYouTyped, length_max) {
		var fieldset = whatYouTyped.parentNode;
		var txt = whatYouTyped.value;
		if (txt.length < = length_max) {
			fieldset.className = "valid";
		} else {
			fieldset.className = "invalid";
		}
	},

	forLength: function(whatYouTyped, length) {
		var fieldset = whatYouTyped.parentNode;
		var txt = whatYouTyped.value;
		if (txt.length == length) {
			fieldset.className = "valid";
		} else {
			fieldset.className = "invalid";
		}
	},

	asEmail: function(whatYouTyped) {
		var fieldset = whatYouTyped.parentNode;
		var txt = whatYouTyped.value;
		if (/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/.test(txt)) {
			fieldset.className = "valid";
		} else {
			fieldset.className = "invalid";
		}
	},

	asNumber: function(whatYouTyped) {
		var fieldset = whatYouTyped.parentNode;
		var txt = whatYouTyped.value;
		if (/^\d+$/.test(txt)) {
			fieldset.className = "valid";
		} else {
			fieldset.className = "invalid";
		}
	},

	asEqualTo: function(whatYouTyped, whatYouMatchWith) {
		var fieldset = whatYouTyped.parentNode;
		var txt = whatYouTyped.value;
		var expect = whatYouMatchWith.value;
		if (txt == expect && txt != "") {
			fieldset.className = "valid";
		} else {
			fieldset.className = "invalid";
		}
	},

	asNotEqualTovalue: function(whatYouTyped, whatYouMatchWith) {
		var fieldset = whatYouTyped.parentNode;
		var txt = whatYouTyped.value;
		var expect = whatYouMatchWith;
		if (txt != expect) {
			fieldset.className = "valid";
		} else {
			fieldset.className = "invalid";
		}
	},

	withRegex: function(whatYouTyped, regex) {
		var fieldset = whatYouTyped.parentNode;
		txt = whatYouTyped.value;
		if (regex.test(txt)) {
			fieldset.className = "valid";
		} else {
			fieldset.className = "invalid";
		}
	}

};

How do you use it? This is how:

HTML:


<form name="signup" id="signup">
<label for="alias">Alias <sup>*</sup></label>
<fieldset>
<input type="text" name="alias" id="alias" value="" />
</fieldset>
<br />
<label for="mobile_no">Mobile Number <sup>*</sup></label>
<fieldset>
<input type="text" name="mobile_no" id="mobile_no" />
</fieldset>
<br />
[..]
</form>

CSS (different images for fieldset.valid and fieldset.invalid):


fieldset.valid {
	background:transparent url(/images/bg-fieldset-valid.gif) no-repeat 194px 0px;
}

fieldset.invalid {
	background:transparent url(/images/bg-fieldset-invalid.gif) no-repeat 194px 0px;
}

And I hate onclick and onkeyup, so here’s some unobtrusive Javascript to tie it all in:


SignupValidation = {
	initialize: function() {
		Event.observe(document, "dom:loaded", this.setup_validation)
	},

	setup_validation: function() {
		if($('signup_body')) {
			Event.observe($('alias'), 'keyup', function() {
				Validate.withRegex($('alias'), /^[A-Za-z]+[A-Za-z0-9]{4,}$/);
			});
			Event.observe($('mobile_no'), 'keyup', function() {
				Validate.withRegex($('mobile_no'), /^9[0-9]{9,9}$/)
			});
		}
	}
};

SignupValidation.initialize();

That’s it. The idea (for those who can’t bother to grok code) is that a fieldset changes its class from valid to invalid depending on the status of the field, this is then reflected in the styling.

AsktheCSSGuy was of much help.


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