email error message

Hi,

I am using the language file to output formatted error messages. In the case of my email field i have:

$_lang["ef_invalid_email"] = "<div class=’error’> Email is not valid.</div>";

the problem is the words email address is added to the error message, which falls out site my error div. Where do these extra words come from?

From your form’s input fieldd,... either the field name or the caption you placed in the eform attribute of the input field. This is necessary so that if you have 2 email fields in your form for instance, there can be no misunderstanding about which field contains the error.

thanks, but how can I wrap ’email address’ inside the div.

I guess this is a shortcoming of the current system ?

Calling it a shortcoming is a bit much don’t you think? The strings in the language file are mostly simple default messages for your convenience, they are not templates.

However, if you must,.. have a look at line 202 in eform.inc.php and adjust at your leisure



You could for instance change it to:

in which case the error message would be taken from the eform attribute of the field if that was set. That would be an improvement I’d be inclined to add to the code , although it probably doesn’t do what you want.

Alternatively change it to

and make your language string something like

Hi TobyL,

many thanks for your help, the fix works great for me.

Sorry if I offended you, i simply meant that it was not possible to do what i wanted in current system. I imagine wanting to wrap the errors message in a div is a fairly common requirement.