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Answered Formit Validation Not Working?

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    Aaron Brewer Reply #1, 14 years, 5 months ago
    Well here is the deal I am trying to implement an error message is the validation fails and it is outputting this:

    1


    Here is my call to FormIt.

    [[!FormIt? 
&hooks=`email,redirect` 
&emailTpl=`sentEmailTpl` 
&emailSubject=`Nox Innovations - Contact Form` 
&emailTo=`[email protected]` 
&validate=`contact_name:required:minLength=^2^, 
contact_email:email:required, 
contact_message:required, 
contact_phone:required:minLength=^10^ `
&redirectTo=`2` ]]


    Here is my simple call...

    [[!+fi.validation_error]]

    -and/or-
    [[!+fi.validation_error_message]]


    All I get is a: 1.

    Yes, I have defined these in my Lexicon Settings under the Formit NameSpace.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

    This question has been answered by anso. See the first response.

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      anso Reply #2, 14 years, 5 months ago
      Hello

      Read deeper the rtfm !

      A general error message for validators, useful if no errors are showing but validation is failing, is used with the following placeholder:
      [ [!+fi.validation_error_message] ]
      This will contain a validation error message, which can be set using the &validationErrorMessage property,and using [ [+errors] ] in the property value, which will be replaced by all the field errors.

      Also, there is a 1/0 placeholder as well:
      [ [!+fi.validation_error] ]

      So your 'general' validation error message must be set using "&validationErrorMessage = `your message` " and use [ [!+fi.validation_error_message ] ] (minus spaces) to display it.
      The placeholder [ [!+fi.validation_error] ], just returns one or zero to indicate if validation failed or not...

      If you want individual error message for each field in error you have to use a placeholder like [ [ !+fi.error.text ] ] (minus spaces) where 'text' is the name of your field...
      Hope this helps
      Cheers
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        Aaron Brewer Reply #3, 14 years, 5 months ago
        Thank you, anso. This solved my problem.
          The web is our sandbox, so let's develop a castle.
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          anso Reply #4, 14 years, 5 months ago
          Glad you have it to work ^_^
          Cheers