Question

So I have a form which needs to be validated. The rest of the form validation works but when i add the checkbox group using the php attribute [] to form the check box into an array. The checkboxes no longer work with my validation script.

$("form[name='violationsForm']").validate({
    ignore: ":hidden,[name='']", // do not validate form fields in invisible sections
    errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
         $(element).attr("class","error");
         error.insertAfter(element);
     },
    rules: {
         owner_address: { required: true, minlength: 5 }
        ,owner_county: { required: true, minlength: 1 }
        ,date1: { required: true, minlength: 2 }
        ,time1: { required: true, minlength: 2 }
        ,timeframe1: { required: true, minlength: 2 }
        ,violation[]: { required: true}
    }

});

adding ,violation[]: { required: true} Breaks the entire validation script.
Below is my form input for ref.

<li>
<label><strong>Type of Violation (required):</strong></label><br />
<label>type 1 <input type="checkbox" id="violation" name="violation[]" value="1"     
 title="Please choose at least ONE violation."/></label><br />
 <label>type 2 <input type="checkbox" id="violation" name="violation[]" value="2" />  
</label><br />
<label>type 3 <input type="checkbox" id="violation" name="violation[]" value="3" />
</label><br />
<label>type 4 <input type="checkbox" id="violation" name="violation[]" value="4" />
</label><br />
<label>type 5 <input type="checkbox" id="violation" name="violation[]" value="5" />  
</label><br />
<label>Other <input type="checkbox" id="violation_0" name="violation[]" value="other" />
</label><br />
</li>

Since I am using php I’d prefer to keep [] attached to my input “name” value. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Surround it in quotes:

"violation[]"