Question

Can anyone advise where I’m going wrong with my form validation below?

Basically if the names variable doesn’t contain anything I want the input box to display ‘please enter your name’, but if they resubmit and still haven’t added a name I need the if statement to pick up the phrase and still not validate.

Its driving me nuts – any help gratefully received!

Cheers
Paul

 if((names.length == 0) || (names != 'Please Enter Your Name')){  
        var error = true;  
        $('.error').fadeIn(500);  
        $('.nStar').fadeIn(500);
        $('#name').val('Please Enter Your Name');

    }else{  
        setTimeout("errorOut()",1000);
        $('.nStar').fadeOut(500);

    }  

Answer 1

Your if statement is checking if the value of the input is not Please Enter Your Name. I believe you want to check if it is.

This line:

if((names.length == 0) || (names != 'Please Enter Your Name')){ 

Should change to:

if((names.length == 0) || (names == 'Please Enter Your Name')){ 

This is assuming that the names variable consists of the input element’s value.