I have a couple of custom required fields in my registration form and it seems like these fields are still going through and being accepted when they are left as is or blank.

However, if you login and try to change it via your edit profile page it works alright though, returning an error that the field is required.

Any advice? Thank you.

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savinsur’s picture

savinsur commented

I have the same issue. I have made a list of choices and the reg goes through even though its set to
required. I have tried making the first choice " -- " as well as " - select - "

PLEASE HELP!

halloffame’s picture

halloffame commented

Use the Validation API module to validate the field. Make sure the form ID of that field is user_register to invoke it upon registration.

savinsur’s picture

savinsur commented

OK, Thanks! will try. I just want to know, is this issue a bug or was the validation API required
all along?

It would be good know why the required checkbox on the list now does not work.

halloffame’s picture

halloffame commented

Even with the use of Validation API the field will still go through if you will not use the form ID I mentioned above. This isn't a bug. You just don't add " -- " or " - select - " as one of the option and set it as its pre-defined (default) values. You need validation for that or the value " -- " or " - select - " will still pass. There are two ways for validating field, one is to write your own validator or use the validation API module (the easier way).

As for the required checkbox it is a known core bug. Check here and here is the solution

Here are some few other stuff that will help you in validating forms.
Validation API
Validating forms is much easier with regular expression:
Regular Expression Basic
Regular Expression Library

More advanced stuff:
http://api.drupal.org/api/file/developer/topics/forms_api_reference.html...
http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_user/6

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kars-t commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Hi

I am closing this issue to clean up the issue queue. Feel free to reopen the issue if there is new information and the problem still resides. If not please make sure you close your issues that you don't need any more.

Maybe you can get support from the local user group. Please take a look at this list at groups.drupal.org.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.