I am using an onSubmit()
function to validate form entries.
The form and validation function work OK,if the form is in a standalone php file or an html file.
But when the form is embedded in a Bootstrap modal the JS validation function throws an error message. [object HTMLInputElement]
I have tried changing document.getElementById('uemail')
to document.getElementById('uemail').value
as recommended in another answer,
but no value has apparently been passed to the function.
If I remove the onSubmit()
attribute then the values are passed correctly to the action script on the server.
This must be common usage. What am I doing wrong?
This is an abbreviated section of my code:
<script>
function formCheck() {
var valid = true;
//alert('in function');
var email = document.getElementById('uemail');
alert('email:' + email);
var filter = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/;
if (!filter.test(email)) {
alert('Please provide a valid email address');
email.focus;
valid = false;
}
return valid;
}
</script>
<form id="regform" action="action.php" method="post" onSubmit="return formCheck()">
Email: <input type="text" name="uemail" id="uemail" size="50" value="" required><span id ="ast">*</span><br>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Register" />
</form>