Thank you! --Carl.
On Mar 11, 7:54 am, Jörn Zaefferer <joern.zaeffe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > add if (this.optional(element)) return true; to the top. See any > existing validation method for an example, > orhttp://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/addMethod > > Jörn > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:43 PM, clorentzen <carl.lorent...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi -- > > > I've got a contact form here > > >http://www.dianlofton.com/contact.shtml > > > ...using the jquery.validate.js plugin. The form has an optional input > > for a phone number, which I'd like to have validated -- but only if > > there is info in the input. If you look at the source code for that > > page, you'll see some commented out code for the phone number > > validation. However, when this scripting is active on the page, it > > makes the phone number a required field, which is not what I'm after: > > > $.validator.addMethod("phone", function(ph, element) { > > if (ph == null) { > > return false; > > } > > var stripped = ph.replace(/[\s()+-]|ext\.?/gi, ""); > > // 10 is the minimum number of numbers required > > return ((/\d{10,}/i).test(stripped)); > > }, "Please enter a valid phone number"); > > > Any help on how to have this field be optional, but still get > > validated if the user inputs data, would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > > > --Carl.
