Form Validations Using Prototype.js and Scriptaculous.js

Question

Hi,

I want to apply validations like email,phone no etc on my form fields using only prototye.js and scriptaculous.js. Is there any tutorials available? I don't want to use libraries such as jquery, zapatec etc. I want to use only two files Prototype.js and Scriptaculous.js.

Please help.

Answer 1

There's no validation "built into" prototype and/or scriptaculous. But you can build some helpers based on those scripts. Take a look at http://ajaxian.com/archives/really-easy-field-validation-with-prototype.

Always keep in mind that client-side validation is for the user's convenience (and to some extend to reduce network traffic for bad requests) but the "real" validation has to be done server-side.

Answer 2

Another decent one is JSValidate.