Remote Validation Example? - Support Fourms

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November 20, 2020 at 4:17 AM #22933

Resolved Mitchell Valk
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Hi,

I’m currently working on some remote validation and I sort of got it working with just the admin ajax url, but I’m now wanting to get more control over the data that is being send to the ajax function. Currently I can only access the field on which the validation is being done on, I want to check two fields at the same time.

Is there some kind of example somewhere how I can use the more advanced remote settings as described in the documentation?

Thanks!
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November 20, 2020 at 4:23 AM #22934
Mitchell Valk
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For other people trying to initially find out how the remote function works, since I had some issue finding this out initially, here’s some sample code.
```
'validation' => array(
    'rules' => array(
        'field_id' => array(
            'remote' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php?action={action_name}' ),
        ),
    ),
),
```
```
add_action( 'wp_ajax_{action_name}', 'remote_validation' );

function remote_validation() {
    echo wp_json_encode( 'true' );
    return true;
}
```
November 21, 2020 at 7:53 AM #22957
Long Nguyen
Moderator
Hi Mitchell,

The validation is being checked immediately after you click outside the input box. You can check more fields by adding more rules. One action name should be checked for one field ID.
```
'validation' => array(
    'rules' => array(
        'field_id1' => array(
            'remote' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php?action={action_name1}' ),
        ),
        'field_id2' => array(
            'remote' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php?action={action_name2}' ),
        ),
    ),
    'messages' => array(
        'field_id1' => array(
            'remote'  => 'value is not passed',                    
        ),
    )
),
```
```
add_action( 'wp_ajax_{action_name1}', 'remote_validation' );

function remote_validation() {
    if( $_GET['field_id1'] === 'something' ) {      
        echo "true"; //valid
    } else {
        echo "false"; //invalid
    }
    die();
}
```
For more information, please follow the documentation
https://jqueryvalidation.org/remote-method/
https://www.sitepoint.com/jquery-ajax-validation-remote-rule/

Note: validation remote seems does not work with Block Editor, please use the Classic Editor to use the custom validation. I will create a feature request for the developer team to support Block Editor.
November 21, 2020 at 8:58 AM #22960

Mitchell Valk
Participant

Thanks for the response, the thing I’m trying to do is check if a post exists already that has 1 or 2 exact values. So to be more specific, I’m adding a chapter, and a chapter can have a chapter_number and chapter_part meta, so I’m already checking if the chapter_number is unique, but if chapter_part is also set, it needs to look for a post that has both metas set and if it exists, return false.

So far all my attempts to get the data of 2 fields in one remote validation have not worked.

December 1, 2020 at 3:07 PM #23134
Anh Tran
Keymaster
Hi Mitchell,

I think it’s doable since the remote method of jQuery validation allows you to send multiple data. Here’s what I have in mind (not tested):
```
rules: {
    chapter_number: {
        remote: {
            url: "admin-ajax.php?action=validate_chapter_number",
            type: "post",
            data: {
                chapter_number: function() { // Get chapter_number value
                    return $("#chapter_number").val();
                },
                chapter_part: function() { // Get chapter_part value
                    return $("#chapter_part").val();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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