Question

I need to validate input text filed with below values , "PO BOX", POBOX, "GPO BOX" and "GPOX"

if someone enter those words into text box, alert them “We do not ship products to PO Box addresses”.
and remove entire text.

I have build below,

$(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).blur(function(){

$(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val()
== $(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val().match(‘PO
BOX’),
$(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val()
== $(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val().match(‘POBOX’),
$(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val()
== $(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val().match(‘GPO
BOX’),

$(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val()
== $(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val().match(‘GPOX’),

$(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val()
== $(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val().match(‘po
box’),

$(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val()
== $(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val().match(‘pobox’),

$(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val()
== $(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val().match(‘gpo
box’),

$(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val()
== $(‘#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1’).val().match(‘gpox’)
{

          alert('We do not ship products to PO Box addresses');
          $('#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1').val('');
          $('#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1').focus();
      }

  });     });

but problem is it’s only validating exact word,

I mean if add PO BOX 1145 and some other text, it wan’t validate.

Answer 1

Try using a regex. I’m not regex guru, but you just need to look for text which has ‘PO’ followed by ‘BOX’ somewhere in your string.

So, this should do the trick

var regex = new RegExp("PO");
var match = regex.exec($('#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1').val());
if (match != null)
{
    alert('We do not ship products to PO Box addresses');
    $('#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1').val('');
    $('#objCheckoutRegistration_PhysicalAddress_txtAddressLine1').focus();
}