Form validation using HTML and JavaScript
Posted By: Akash Singh Published: 14, Jan 2024
Q4 - Create a contact form which accepts the following information: 1. Name, 2. Email, 3. Mobile and 4. Message. Following validations to be added. 1. Required, 2. Invalid values should not to be entered in any of the fields. Screenshot attached for reference. *
HTML
<body>
<form name="myForm" onsubmit="return validateForm()" method="post">
<div class="myformlayout" id="name">
Name:<input type="text" name="fname" required ><span class="formerror"><b> </b></span>
</div>
<div class="myformlayout" id="email">
Email:<input type="email" name="femail" required><span class="formerror"><b> </b></span>
</div>
<div class="myformlayout" id="phone">
Phone:<input type="text" name="fphone" required><span class="formerror"><b> </b></span>
</div>
<div class="myformlayout">Message</div>
<div class="myformlayout ">
<textarea id="textarea" rows="10" cols="88" name="ftextbox" required> Enter you message here</textarea>
</div>
<input class="but" type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
CSS
<style>
body {
padding: 10px 50px;
}
.myformlayout {
font-size: 18px;
}
.myformlayout input {
width: 50%;
padding: 5px 20px;
border: 1px solid blue;
margin-bottom: 14px;
border-radius: 4px;
font-size: 15px;
display: flex;
outline: none;
}
.formerror{
color: red;
font-size: 18px;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 992px){
.myformlayout input{
width: 100%;
padding: 0;
height: 30px;
}
.myformlayout textarea{
max-width: 100%;
}
.myfomlayout{
max-width: 100%;
}
}
.myfomlayout{
font-size: 18px;
}
.but{
background-color: blue;
color: #fff;
padding: 10px 20px 10px 15px;
border: none;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
}
</style>
JavaScript
<Script>
function clearErrors(){
errors = document.getElementsByClassName('formerror');
for(let item of errors){
item.innerHTML = "";
}
}
function seterror(id, error){
element = document.getElementById(id);
element.getElementsByClassName('formerror')[0].innerHTML = error;
}
function validateForm(){
var returnval = true;
clearErrors();
//perform validation and if validtaion fails set the vale of return val to false
var name = document.forms['myForm']["fname"].value;
if (name.length<5){
seterror("name", "*Lenth of name is too short!");
returnval = false;
}
var email = document.forms['myForm']["femail"].value;
if (email.length>55){
seterror("email", "*Lenth of email is too long!");
returnval = false;
}
var phone = document.forms['myForm']["fphone"].value;
if (phone.length != 10){
seterror("phone", "*Phone no should be ten digit!");
returnval = false;
}
return returnval;
}
</Script>
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