Formit custom error messages for email

Hello!

It is possible to custimize the error message for the case, if a required input filed is empty:



But is it also possible to custimize the error message for the email validation? It should look like that:



Thanks

You can’t change that in the snippet call as far as I’m aware.

You can, however, change the language set (which is called a Lexicon) to suit your needs.

Go to System -> Lexicon Management.

In the first dropdown, select "formit". In the language dropdown, select the language you want to change (or leave it to en).

Then find the string you’re looking for, in this case formit.email_* (formit.email_invalid, formit.email_invalid_domain etc). Just double click the string and make the changes you’re looking for. It should save the changes automatically, but you will need to clear the cache to see effect.

Hello Mark,

Thank you, I will try it out. But why does it not work in this way:



?

Because FormIt sets the placeholder "fi.error.email" to a certain string (the error) or nothing. That’s how FormIt was developed and how its developer intended it to be.

On top of that, you are adding what is called an Output Modifier to it called "email" which doesn’t exist, unless you created a snippet with that name. You could make it work by creating a Snippet as the FormIt validators page tells you to, and checking for a the string you want to change.

But the easy way if you just want to change the error message is (imo) to update the lexicons. It will stick on updates and doesn’t need php knowledge.