{"id":7384,"date":"2013-12-03T14:05:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T14:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/123formbuilder.polarbuildingcleaning.net\/docs\/?p=7384"},"modified":"2024-04-19T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T08:11:52","slug":"simple-field-validation-for-online-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/123formbuilder.polarbuildingcleaning.net\/docs\/simple-field-validation-for-online-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Validation on 123FormBuilder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Field validation is really useful as it lets you gather the data only in the format that meets your requirements. For each type of field, you can find in the right side panel under the <b>Validation<\/b> section the available restrictions you can place on that specific field. Below you can find the available field validation in our <a href=\"\/\">form builder<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Number\/Formula<\/strong>\/<strong>Price \u2192<\/strong> numeric, numeric plus (for numbers with decimals)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong> \u2192 email format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Link<\/strong> \u2192 URL, page must start with https<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Date<\/strong> \u2192 mm\/dd\/yyyy; dd\/mm\/yyyy; yy\/mm\/dd; mm\/yyyy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time<\/strong> \u2192 12 hours\/24 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Phone<\/strong> \u2192 numeric, by default 3-3-4, but there are various choices (2-2-4, 2-3-4, 2-3-8, etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.marketing123.123formbuilder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-at-12.12.35.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.marketing123.123formbuilder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-at-12.12.35-1024x579.png\" alt=\"Data format\" class=\"wp-image-47365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.marketing123.123formbuilder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-at-12.12.35-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.marketing123.123formbuilder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-at-12.12.35-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.marketing123.123formbuilder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-at-12.12.35-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.marketing123.123formbuilder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-at-12.12.35-1536x868.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.marketing123.123formbuilder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-21-at-12.12.35.png 1895w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the <b>Short answer<\/b> field, there are more complex validations available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>alpha<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 only letters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>numeric<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 only digits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>alpha numeric<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 letters and digits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>alpha space<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 letters and white spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>alpha numeric space<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 letters, digits, and white spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>full name<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 e.g. John Doe \u2013 the value must contain at least one space character<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>regular expression<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 add a regex code to define your own validation code (the regex has to start and end with a forward slash: \u201c\/\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Field validation is really useful as it lets you gather the data only in the format that meets your requirements. 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