Question

I am working on a project and need to do some client side validation.
I am doing all validations by calling the onsubmit() method.

The problem that I am facing is that the validation runs just fine when I put into comments a few other statements but not otherwise.

My code:

var speak1=document.forms["form"]["speak1"].value
b = checkSpeakLanguages(speak1);
if(b==false){
    return false;
}

which calls checkSpeakLanguage works properly.

But the following code works only when the above is put in comments:

var m= document.forms["form"]["maritalStatus"].value
b = checkMaritalStatus(m);
if(b==false){
    return false;
}

Please help me. Please tell me why both the second part does not work when the other is present.

Answer 1

If the first b returns false, you return before the second part can execute. Combine the functions for your submit handler to something like:

function checkSubmit(){
  var cansubmit = true,
      speak1    = document.forms["form"]["speak1"].value,
      m         = document.forms["form"]["maritalStatus"].value;
  if(!checkSpeakLanguages(speak1) || !checkMaritalStatus(m)) {
      cansubmit = false;
  }
  return cansubmit;
}