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  • 07/04/2013 at 12:30 pm #264310
    kroussel
    Guest

    Is it possible to force users to fill the form with a specific format? For example, I would like people to have to provide their phone number, address, etc. in a specific and harmonized format.

    07/05/2013 at 12:10 pm #264357
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ kroussel

    Sorry, no. The reason for the openness is because it would be near impossible to account for all variations.

    07/25/2013 at 11:52 am #265787
    Eric Belanger
    Participant

    I’m trying to edit the Form plug-in to force a format. Here is the line of code I would put

    <input type='tel' pattern=' [\(]\d{3}[\)]\d{3}[\-]\d{4}' title='Phone Number (Format: (999)999-9999)'>

    If I put it in the connections_form.php file, will it force a format? I tried it and it didn’t work, so I thought you could give me more insight.

    Thanks!

    07/25/2013 at 1:20 pm #265793
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ kroussel

    I haven’t played w/ patterns yet, here’s a link though that may help.

    http://www.htmlgoodies.com/html5/tutorials/whats-new-in-html5-forms-email-url-and-telephone-input-types.html

    07/28/2013 at 2:41 pm #265982
    Eric Belanger
    Participant

    I developed a pattern

    $out .= '<label>' . __('Phone Number (format (506) 555-5555)' , 'connections_form' ) . '</label> <input type="tel" pattern="[\(]\d{3}[\)]\d{3}[\-]\d{4}" name="phone[::FIELD::][number]" value="" style="width: 30%"/>' . "\n";

    But I still can add any type of number for the phone number. Where else do I need to edit Connections Form so I can force people to use that specific format?

    07/29/2013 at 1:05 pm #266035
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ kroussel

    Probably this line:

    $out .= '<input type="hidden" name="phone[::FIELD::][visibility]" value="public">';
    07/30/2013 at 5:25 pm #266130
    Eric Belanger
    Participant

    How about this one? there is the

    $out .= __(‘Phone Type’ , ‘connections_form’ ) . ‘: ‘ . $form->buildSelect(‘phone[::FIELD::][type]’, $connections->options->getDefaultPhoneNumberValues() ) . “\n”;

    There is an item called

    $connections->options->getDefaultPhoneNumberValues() )

    07/30/2013 at 8:06 pm #266144
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ kroussel

    No, the line of code in my previous post would be the line you should add your pattern. The getDefaultPhoneNumberValues() function only returns an array containing the different phone number types such as home and work.

    08/01/2013 at 2:37 pm #266247
    Eric Belanger
    Participant

    I applied your suggestions but it still allows me to enter any type of number. I want to force users to use a specific format. Any other insight?

    08/01/2013 at 4:03 pm #266250
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ kroussel

    I have only two thoughts…

    Form uses jQuery Validate to do its validation. It is possible that is may be overriding your pattern.

    Make sure you are using a browser that support it, otherwise it will not have any effect at all. Browser coverage is still rather weak.

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