Home » HTML » HTML_QuickForm » Bug #1896

[2004-07-16 21:53 UTC] derek at orangeconsulting dot ca

Description:
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I'm using the latest version of quickform.

I'm having a problem with HTML_Quickform, and I think it might be a bug (or faulty docs).
Either way, the problem is with validation for anything beyond 'required'.

When I do this:
$form->addRule('Age', 'A numeric age is required', 'numeric', '', 'client');

No red * is placed beside the age input box, and the form is accepted no matter what.
If I change it to server-side validation (as follows) it still doesn't work.
$form->addRule('Age', 'A numeric age is required', 'numeric', '', '');

However, if I make the field 'required' instead of 'numeric', it works flawlessly for both server-side and client-side.

Any help would be much appreciated

PS--sorry for emailing Bertrand before noticing this bug reporter.

Reproduce code:
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$form->addElement('text', 'Age', 'Age', 'size=3 maxlength=3');
$form->applyFilter('Age', 'trim');
$form->addRule('Age', 'A numeric age is required', 'numeric', '', 'client');

Expected result:
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Server-side generated *error message or client-side alert notifying that the Age that was input must be numeric.

Actual result:
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No red * is placed beside the age input box, no client-side alert pops-up, and the form is accepted regardless of the input.

The validation does not seem to work for 'numeric'.

[2004-07-22 17:16 UTC] jon at pixelmajik dot com

Note that in the default renderer the red * only shows up if a field is required and is the documented behaviour. Thus, a numeric rule would not complain if the user left the field empty, however it should complain if the user enters a non-numeric string.