Insufficient Data Validation on fields

By shajiuddinse on 19 Apr 2012 at 07:41 UTC

Hi,

I need to implement Insufficient Data Validation on fields.

For example: special characters checking, numbers checking etc

How can I do it? Please help

Regards

Comments

By using hook_form_alter you

Ank.g9 commented 19 April 2012 at 12:41

By using hook_form_alter you can add your validation function on your desired form.

function your_module_name_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id ){ 
	if ($form_id == "your_form_id"){
		$form['#validate'][] = your_validation_function_name;
	}
}

function your_validation_function_name($form, $form_state){

$form_state['values']['your_field_machine_name'];
// here you can check your data validation
}

Thanks for reply, Please tell

shajiuddinse commented 19 April 2012 at 12:58

Thanks for reply,

Please tell me name of file where I have to do make changes

and I need to check realistic data from field

for example if I am putting on last name field '& & $ $ ** @@' then these kinds of special character remove from field automatically

Please help

You would need to create a

Ank.g9 commented 19 April 2012 at 13:27

You would need to create a custom module and would need to copy the above maintained code in its .module file. You can change the code as per your need so that it filters the submitted value.