RE: [PEAR] QF - conditional elements requiring conditional rules!

u could either use a FormRule or combine the two elements as a group and use a Rule on that group (however u have less control on the group display) in your case i suspect a FormRule works best :) lobo > -----Original Message----- > From: Tommy Ipsen [mailto:tipsen@imada.sdu.dk] > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:43 AM > To: pear-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PEAR] QF - conditional elements requiring conditional rules! > > > Hi > > I have the following form fields generated by QuickForm: > > <select > onchange="this.form.url_manual.disabled=this.selectedIndex!=0; > " name="url_automatic"> > <option value="none">Ekstern side</option> > <option value="url1">Link to URL1</option> > <option value="url2">Link to URL2</option> > <option value="url3">Link to URL3</option> > </select> > <input value="Type URL" > onchange="this.form.url_automatic.disabled=(this.value!='' && > this.value!=this.defaultValue);" name="url_manual" type="text" /> > > These two fields are mutually exclusive meaning that either > you choose an option from the drop-down > menu or you type in a value in the text field. > > Now I want to add a crude validation to the text field > helping the user to type in a correct URL and > I've reached the following: > > $form->registerRule('url', 'regex', > '/(^(ldap|http|https|ftp):\/\/(([a-z0-9\-\.]+\.+[a-z]{2,6})|([ > 0-9]{1,3}\.){4})(\]?)$)/'); > > But the problem is that an URL is ONLY required IF the > first/default option from the drop-down menu > is active - if any other element is chosen, the text field is > disabled and the rule shouldn't trigger! > > How can I accomplish this behaviour using QuickForm? > > Regards, > > Tommy Ipsen > > -- > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >