javascriptjqueryvalidationbootstrap-4jquery-form-validator

Bootstrap 4 Form Validation


I'm a beginner with bootstrap and I have seen a lot of bootstrap 3 form validation plugins etc, but I haven't found any for bootstrap 4.

I'm trying to validate multiple forms, and here is my code:

<!-- Contact -->
<div class="container white">
  <div class="row">
    <div class="container white percent100">
      <div class="col-lg-12">
        <div class="padder-t2">
          <h1>Contact</h1>
          <div class="horiz-divider"></div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="row padder-t padder-b">
    <div class="container white">
      <div class="col-lg-12">
        <!-- Form -->
        <form class="form-horizontal" action=" " method="post" id="contact_form">
          <fieldset>
            <!-- Text input-->
            <div class="form-group">
              <div class="row">
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4">
                  <label class="control-label pull-right"><h4>First Name</h4></label>
                </div>
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4 inputGroupContainer">
                  <div class="input-group">
                    <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-user"></i></span>
                    <input id="firstname" name="firstname" placeholder="First Name" class="form-control" type="text">
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
            <!-- Text input-->
            <div class="form-group">
              <div class="row">
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4">
                  <label class="control-label pull-right"><h4>Last Name</h4></label>
                </div>
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4 inputGroupContainer">
                  <div class="input-group">
                    <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-user"></i></span>
                    <input id="lastname" name="lastname" placeholder="Last Name" class="form-control" type="text">
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
            <!-- Text input-->
            <div class="form-group">
              <div class="row">
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4">
                  <label class="control-label pull-right"><h4>E-Mail</h4></label>
                </div>
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4 inputGroupContainer">
                  <div class="input-group">
                    <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></span>
                    <input id="email" name="email" placeholder="E-Mail Address" class="form-control" type="email">
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
            <!-- Text input-->
            <div class="form-group">
              <div class="row">
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4">
                  <label class="control-label pull-right"><h4>Phone #</h4></label>
                </div>
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4 inputGroupContainer">
                  <div class="input-group">
                    <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-phone"></i></span>
                    <input id="phone" name="phone" placeholder="Phone" class="form-control" type="text">
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
            <!-- Text area -->
            <div class="form-group">
              <div class="row">
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4">
                  <label class="control-label pull-right"><h4>Message</h4></label>
                </div>
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-5 inputGroupContainer">
                  <div class="input-group">
                    <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i></span>
                    <textarea id="comment" class="form-control" name="comment" placeholder="Your Message"></textarea>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
            <!-- Success message -->
            <div class="alert alert-success" role="alert" id="success_message">Success <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up"></i> Thanks for contacting us, we will get back to you shortly.</div>
            <!-- Button -->
            <div class="form-group">
              <div class="row">
                <label class="col-md-4 col-lg-4 control-label"></label>
                <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-4">
                  <button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger raised">Send <i class="fa fa-paper-plane"></i></button>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
          </fieldset>
        </form>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="row padder-b">
    <div class="row col-lg-12">
      <div class="col-md-3 col-lg-3"></div>
      <h4 class="col-md-9 col-lg-9">Contact us directly:</h4>
    </div>
    <div class="row col-lg-12">
      <div class="col-md-3 col-lg-3"></div>
      <h4 class="col-md-2 col-lg-2 padder-lr">Mail:</h4>
      <a class="col-md-6 col-lg-6 padder-lr" href="mailto:lorem@ipsum.com">
        <h4 id="mail">lorem@ipsum.com</h4>
      </a>
    </div>
    <div class="row col-lg-12">
      <div class="col-md-3 col-lg-3"></div>
      <h4 class="col-md-2 col-lg-2 padder-lr">Adress:</h4>
      <h4 class="col-md-6 col-lg-6 padder-lr" id="adress">2 LoremIpsum Road, 67000 City - Country</h4>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

I have tried to modify existing js, but I had no luck.

Here is the rendered form:

jsfiddle of the form


Solution

  • First I solved my issue with an external library like Jonathan Dion suggested. But recently I came across this :

    Bootstrap v4.0 introduced their own form validation that you can still pair with backend php validation. From the Doc :

    <form class="needs-validation" novalidate>
      <div class="form-row">
        <div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
          <label for="validationCustom01">First name</label>
          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="validationCustom01" placeholder="First name" value="Mark" required>
          <div class="valid-feedback">
            Looks good!
          </div>
          <div class="invalid-feedback">
            Doesn't look good!
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    

    Then using JS :

    <script>
    // Example starter JavaScript for disabling form submissions if there are invalid fields
    (function() {
      'use strict';
      window.addEventListener('load', function() {
        // Fetch all the forms we want to apply custom Bootstrap validation styles to
        var forms = document.getElementsByClassName('needs-validation');
        // Loop over them and prevent submission
        var validation = Array.prototype.filter.call(forms, function(form) {
          form.addEventListener('submit', function(event) {
            if (form.checkValidity() === false) {
              event.preventDefault();
              event.stopPropagation();
            }
            form.classList.add('was-validated');
          }, false);
        });
      }, false);
    })();
    </script>
    

    This provides input border colorating and displays the valid / invalid feedback blocks according to the given pattern or properties. It is applied via CSS’s two pseudo-classes, :invalid and :valid. It applies to <input>, <select>, and <textarea> elements.