Form Validate - Plugin

by bizamajig

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.14.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.14.0/additional-methods.js"></script>
<form id="myform">  
     <input type="text" name="field1" data-x />  <br/>  
     <input type="text" name="field2" data-x /> <br/> 
     <button class="btn btn-primary pull-right continuePaymentProcess" type="submit">Submit</button>
</form> 

<a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation" target="_blank">Validation Documentation</a>

CSS

a {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
}

JavaScript

$('#myform').validate({ // initialize the plugin
        rules: {
            field1: {
                required: true
            }
        },
        messages: {
            field1: {
                required: "Enter something"
            }
        },
        submitHandler: function (form) { // for demo
            alert('valid form submitted'); // for demo
            return false; // for demo
        }
    });

    $('input[data-x]').each(function () {
        $(this).rules('add', {
            required: true,
            minlength: 2,
            messages: {
                required: "Enter something else"
            }
        });
    });