You have 2 elements with the id="form"
, so the validator is assigned to the div
not to the form
.
Change the id
value of the div
to something else.
Also the additional-methods.js
file must be added after query.validate.js
and there is a syntax error because of the alert()
within the validate
so
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.11.1/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.11.1/additional-methods.js"></script>
<div>
<center>
<form id="form">
<div class="col-xs-12">
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" placeholder="Name" required />
</div>
<div class="col-xs-12">
<input type="text" name="nric" id="nric" placeholder="NRIC" required />
</div>
<div class="col-xs-12">
<select class="dropdown" id="gender" onChange="changeColor(this)">
<option value="" disabled selected>Gender</option>
<option value="female">Female</option>
<option value="male">Male</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-12">
<input type="text" name="mobile" id="mobile" placeholder="Mobile" required />
</div>
<div class="col-xs-12">
<input type="text" name="address" id="address" placeholder="Address" required />
</div>
<div class="col-xs-12">
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" placeholder="Email" required />
</div>
<input id="submit" class="button" type="submit" value="submit"/>
</form>
</center>
</div>
then
jQuery(function ($) {
$('#form').validate({
rules: {
name: {
required: true,
minlength: 2,
maxlength: 20,
lettersonly: true
},
ssn: {
required: true,
minlength: 9,
maxlength: 9,
nowhitespace: true
},
gender: {
required: true
},
mobile: {
required: true,
minlength: 10,
maxlength: 13,
digits: true
},
address: {
required: true,
minlength: 10,
},
email: {
required: true,
minlength: 6,
email: true
}
},
messages: {
name: {
required: "Please enter your name",
minlength: "Name should be more than 2 characters",
maxlength: "Name should be less than 20 characters",
lettersonly: "Name should contain only letters"
},
ssn: {
required: "Please enter your NRIC",
minlength: "NRIC should be more than 9 characters",
maxlength: "NRIC should be less than 9 characters",
nowhitespace: "NRIC should not have any spaces"
},
gender: {
required: "Please select your gender",
},
mobile: {
required: "Please enter your mobile number",
minlength: "Mobile number should be more than 10 characters",
maxlength: "Mobile number should be less than 13 characters",
digits: "Mobile number should contain only digits"
},
address: {
required: "Please enter your address",
minlength: "Address should be more than 10 characters",
},
email: {
required: "Please enter your email address",
minlength: "Password should be more than 6 characters",
email: "Please enter a valid email address"
}
},
});
});
Demo: Fiddle