Re: Quickform and more complex dependent validation

<tobias.nix@web.de> wrote : > I have got an HTML Form that similar looks like this: > > [FieldKey1] [FieldValue1] > [FieldKey2] [FieldValue2] > [FieldKeyX] [FieldValueX] > [Submit] > > Example code: > > $field[] =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text', 'key1', > 'key1'); > $field[] =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text', 'val1', > 'val1'); > $form->addGroup($field, 'group1', 'Text Fields1:'); > $form->addGroupRule('group1' ,'Fill all fields' ,'required'); > $form->addGroupRule('group1' ,'Values must be numeric' > ,'numeric'); > > $field=null; > $field[] =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text', 'key2', > 'key2'); > $field[] =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('text', 'val2', > 'val2'); > $form->addGroup($field, 'group2', 'Text Fields2:'); > $form->addGroupRule('group2' ,'Fill all fields' ,'required'); > $form->addGroupRule('group2' ,'Values must be numeric' > ,'numeric'); > [...] > > Now I want to add a new Group considering group1, group2, groupx. > This group should be valid, if group1 or/and group2 is valid. > > The form should be valid if: > 1. Add something to the KeyX field, > also the ValueX field must be field. > 2. Key and Value field must be numeric. > 3. Only one pair (keyX, valueX) must be filled. > > Is this possible? It's possible if you use a custom validation function in which you call submitted values from the form. In this case, you need to have your form object as global. Look at the example 3 in the docs/ directory. Use addRule() because addGroupRule() doesn't support functions. Good luck, Bertrand Mansion Mamasam