I wrote a small validation script (partially as an exercise in learning) but I can’t figure out how to make it detect default values in the input fields. It seems like I need to store the default value in a variable and then add another OR in there to check if the current value matches that default value but I can’t quite figure out how to do that. I can’t put the variable inside the function executed on the click because then it takes the value at that point and uses that. Any help would be appreciated. I thought about just using “placeholder” but I wanted to make it work in IE. thanks in advance.
$ ('.submit').click(function() {
var ret_val = true;
var emailaddressVal = $ ("#email").val();
var emailReg = /^([\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$ /;
$ ('.required').each(function(){
if($ (this).val().length === 0 || $ (this).find("option:selected").val() == "none")
{
$ ('#errormessage').removeClass('requiredmessage');
ret_val = false;
$ (this).addClass('warning');
}
else if($ (this).val().length != 0)
{
$ (this).removeClass('warning');
}
});
if(!emailReg.test(emailaddressVal))
{
$ ('#emailerrormessage').removeClass('requiredmessage');
$ ('#email').addClass('warning');
ret_val = false;
}
else
{
$ ('#emailerrormessage').addClass('requiredmessage');
}
return ret_val;
});
