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Answered FormIt error_message issue

  • benmarte Reply #1, 11 years, 1 month ago
    I think I need some clarification here I remember using the error_message FormIt placeholder in order to display if there were any errors on a form.

    Well for some reason I am using it now and it does not work, was this changed in FormIt or am I doing something wrong?

    Here is my error_message code:

    [[!+fi.error_message:notempty=`<div id="errors">
        <p>Please review the following errors:</p>
		<ul>
			[[!+fi.error.name:notempty=`<li><a href="[[~[[*id]]]]#name">Name is a required field</a></li>`]]
			[[!+fi.error.email:notempty=`<li><a href="[[~[[*id]]]]#email">Email is a required field</a></li>`]]
			[[!+fi.error.comment:notempty=`<li><a href="[[~[[*id]]]]#comment">Comment is a required field</a></li>`]]
		</ul>
	</div>`]]


    I tried getting rid of the nested errors and it still doesn't work so I am really wondering what is going on.

    Thanks.

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

    [ed. note: benmarte last edited this post 11 years, 1 month ago.]
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      bertoost Reply #2, 11 years, 1 month ago
      The "error_message" contains an error message when something went wrong after validation. You should use "validation_error" instead. This one contains 0 or 1 if there are validation errors. So;

      [[!+fi.validation_error:notempty=`<div id="errors">
        <p>Please review the following errors:</p>
        <ul>
            [[!+fi.error.name:notempty=`<li><a href="[[~[[*id]]]]#name">Name is a required field</a></li>`]]
            [[!+fi.error.email:notempty=`<li><a href="[[~[[*id]]]]#email">Email is a required field</a></li>`]]
            [[!+fi.error.comment:notempty=`<li><a href="[[~[[*id]]]]#comment">Comment is a required field</a></li>`]]
        </ul>
    </div>`]]


      You would also have a placeholder named "validation_error_message".
      See http://rtfm.modx.com/display/ADDON/FormIt.Validators
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      • benmarte Reply #3, 11 years, 1 month ago
        @bertoost thanks for clearing that up its working as I intended now, cheers.
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