{"id":850,"date":"2020-02-28T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/28\/magento-2-form-validation\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:23:42","slug":"magento-2-form-validation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/magento-2-form-validation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Complete Guide on Magento 2 Form Validation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Magento 2 stores need the users to enter their data while sign up or checkout! For the flawless functioning of the store and ensuring the accuracy of the data, its validation is a must. For example, the data like delivery address or credit card details need to be valid to optimize the product delivery system and avoid unnecessary transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Magento 2 form validation is a concept that developers use most of the time to validate the data entered by the users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The default Magento 2 offers the below classes that can be used for form validation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of validation classes in Magento 2:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The below list can be referred for Magento 2 validation rule names:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

jQuery rules:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rules<\/strong><\/th>Description<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
required<\/td>This is a required field<\/td><\/tr>
remote<\/td>Please fix this field<\/td><\/tr>
email<\/td>Please enter a valid email address<\/td><\/tr>
url<\/td>Please enter a valid URL<\/td><\/tr>
date<\/td>Please enter a valid date<\/td><\/tr>
dateISO<\/td>Please enter a valid date (ISO)<\/td><\/tr>
number<\/td>Please enter a valid number<\/td><\/tr>
digits<\/td>Please enter only digits<\/td><\/tr>
creditcard<\/td>Please enter a valid credit card number<\/td><\/tr>
equalTo<\/td>Please enter the same value again<\/td><\/tr>
maxlength<\/td>Please enter no more than {0} characters.<\/td><\/tr>
minlength<\/td>Please enter at least {0} characters.<\/td><\/tr>
rangelength<\/td>Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long.<\/td><\/tr>
range<\/td>Please enter a value between {0} and {1}.<\/td><\/tr>
max<\/td>Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}.<\/td><\/tr>
min<\/td>Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Magento rules:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rules<\/strong><\/th>Description<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
max-words<\/td>Please enter {0} words or less<\/td><\/tr>
min-words<\/td>Please enter at least {0} words<\/td><\/tr>
range-words<\/td>Please enter between {0} and {1} words<\/td><\/tr>
letters-with-basic-punc<\/td>Letters or punctuation only please<\/td><\/tr>
alphanumeric<\/td>Letters, numbers, spaces or underscores only please<\/td><\/tr>
letters-only<\/td>Letters only please<\/td><\/tr>
no-whitespace<\/td>No white space please<\/td><\/tr>
zip-range<\/td>Your ZIP-code must be in the range 902xx-xxxx to 905-xx-xxxx<\/td><\/tr>
integer<\/td>A positive or negative non-decimal number please<\/td><\/tr>
vinUS<\/td>The specified vehicle identification number (VIN) is invalid<\/td><\/tr>
dateITA<\/td>Please enter a correct date<\/td><\/tr>
dateNL<\/td>Vul hier een geldige datum in<\/td><\/tr>
time<\/td>Please enter a valid time, between 00:00 and 23:59<\/td><\/tr>
time12h<\/td>Please enter a valid time, between 00:00 am and 12:00 pm<\/td><\/tr>
phoneUS<\/td>Please specify a valid phone number<\/td><\/tr>
phoneUK<\/td>Please specify a valid phone number<\/td><\/tr>
mobileUK<\/td>Please specify a valid mobile number<\/td><\/tr>
stripped-min-length<\/td>Please enter at least {0} characters<\/td><\/tr>
validate-no-utf8mb4-characters<\/td>Please remove invalid characters: {0}<\/td><\/tr>
credit-card-types<\/td>Please enter a valid credit card number<\/td><\/tr>
ipv4<\/td>Please enter a valid IP v4 address<\/td><\/tr>
ipv6<\/td>Please enter a valid IP v6 address<\/td><\/tr>
pattern<\/td>Invalid format<\/td><\/tr>
allow-container-className<\/td>bool<\/td><\/tr>
validate-no-html-tags<\/td>HTML tags are not allowed<\/td><\/tr>
validate-select<\/td>Please select an option<\/td><\/tr>
validate-no-empty<\/td>Empty Value<\/td><\/tr>
validate-alphanum-with-spaces<\/td>Please use only letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9) or spaces only in this field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-data<\/td>Please use only letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9) or underscore (_) in this field, and the first character should be a letter<\/td><\/tr>
validate-street<\/td>Please use only letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), spaces and \u201c#\u201d in this field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-phoneStrict<\/td>Please enter a valid phone number. For example (123) 456-7890 or 123-456-7890<\/td><\/tr>
validate-phoneLax<\/td>Please enter a valid phone number. For example (123) 456-7890 or 123-456-7890<\/td><\/tr>
validate-fax<\/td>Please enter a valid fax number (Ex: 123-456-7890)<\/td><\/tr>
validate-email<\/td>Please enter a valid email address (Ex: johndoe@domain.com)<\/td><\/tr>
validate-emailSender<\/td>Please enter a valid email address (Ex: johndoe@domain.com)<\/td><\/tr>
validate-password<\/td>Please enter 6 or more characters. Leading and trailing spaces will be ignored<\/td><\/tr>
validate-admin-password<\/td>Please enter 7 or more characters, using both numeric and alphabetic<\/td><\/tr>
validate-customer-password<\/td>Minimum length of this field must be equal or greater than %1 symbols. Leading and trailing spaces will be ignored.Minimum of different classes of characters in password is %1. Classes of characters: Lower Case, Upper Case, Digits, Special Characters<\/td><\/tr>
validate-url<\/td>Please enter a valid URL. Protocol is required (http:\/\/, https:\/\/ or ftp:\/\/)<\/td><\/tr>
validate-clean-url<\/td>Please enter a valid URL. For example http:\/\/www.example.com or www.example.com<\/td><\/tr>
validate-xml-identifie<\/td>Please enter a valid XML-identifier (Ex: something_1, block5, id-4)<\/td><\/tr>
validate-ssn<\/td>Please enter a valid social security number (Ex: 123-45-6789)<\/td><\/tr>
validate-zip-us<\/td>Please enter a valid zip code (Ex: 90602 or 90602-1234)<\/td><\/tr>
validate-date-au<\/td>Please use this date format: dd\/mm\/yyyy. For example 17\/03\/2006 for the 17th of March, 2006<\/td><\/tr>
validate-currency-dollar<\/td>Please enter a valid $ amount. For example $100.00<\/td><\/tr>
validate-not-negative-number<\/td>Please enter a number 0 or greater in this field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-zero-or-greater<\/td>Please enter a number 0 or greater in this field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-greater-than-zero<\/td>Please enter a number greater than 0 in this field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-css-length<\/td>Please input a valid CSS-length (Ex: 100px, 77pt, 20em, .5ex or 50%)<\/td><\/tr>
validate-number<\/td>Please enter a valid number in this field<\/td><\/tr>
required-number<\/td>Please enter a valid number in this field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-number-range<\/td>The value is not within the specified range<\/td><\/tr>
validate-digits<\/td>Please enter a valid number in this field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-digits-range<\/td>The value is not within the specified range<\/td><\/tr>
validate-range<\/td>The value is not within the specified range<\/td><\/tr>
validate-alpha<\/td>Please use letters only (a-z or A-Z) in this field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-code<\/td>Please use only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9) or underscore (_) in this field, and the first character should be a letter<\/td><\/tr>
validate-alphanum<\/td>Please use only letters (a-z or A-Z) or numbers (0-9) in this field. No spaces or other characters are allowed<\/td><\/tr>
validate-date<\/td>Please enter a valid date<\/td><\/tr>
validate-date-range<\/td>Make sure the To Date is later than or the same as the From Date<\/td><\/tr>
validate-cpassword<\/td>Please make sure your passwords match<\/td><\/tr>
validate-identifier<\/td>Please enter a valid URL Key (Ex: \u201cexample-page\u201d, \u201cexample-page.html\u201d or \u201canotherlevel\/example-page\u201d)<\/td><\/tr>
validate-zip-international<\/td>Please enter a valid zip code<\/td><\/tr>
validate-one-required<\/td>Please select one of the options above<\/td><\/tr>
validate-state<\/td>Please select State\/Province<\/td><\/tr>
required-file<\/td>Please select a file<\/td><\/tr>
validate-ajax-error<\/td>bool<\/td><\/tr>
validate-optional-datetime<\/td>The field isn\u2019t complete<\/td><\/tr>
validate-required-datetime<\/td>This is a required field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-one-required-by-name<\/td>Please select one of the options<\/td><\/tr>
less-than-equals-to<\/td>Please enter a value less than or equal to %s<\/td><\/tr>
greater-than-equals-to<\/td>Please enter a value greater than or equal to %s<\/td><\/tr>
validate-emails<\/td>Please enter valid email addresses, separated by commas. For example, johndoe@domain.com, johnsmith@domain.com<\/td><\/tr>
validate-cc-type-select<\/td>Card type does not match credit card number<\/td><\/tr>
validate-cc-number<\/td>Please enter a valid credit card number<\/td><\/tr>
validate-cc-type<\/td>Credit card number does not match credit card type<\/td><\/tr>
validate-cc-exp<\/td>Incorrect credit card expiration date<\/td><\/tr>
validate-cc-cvn<\/td>Please enter a valid credit card verification number<\/td><\/tr>
validate-cc-ukss<\/td>Please enter issue number or start date for switch\/solo card type<\/td><\/tr>
validate-length<\/td>Please enter less or equal than %1 symbols..replace(\u2018%1\u2019, length);Please enter more or equal than %1 symbols..replace(\u2018%1\u2019, length)<\/td><\/tr>
required-entry<\/td>This is a required field<\/td><\/tr>
not-negative-amount<\/td>Please enter positive number in this field<\/td><\/tr>
validate-per-page-value-list<\/td>Please enter a valid value, ex: 10,20,30<\/td><\/tr>
validate-per-page-value<\/td>Please enter a valid value from list<\/td><\/tr>
validate-new-password<\/td>Please enter 6 or more characters. Leading and trailing spaces will be ignored<\/td><\/tr>
required-if-not-specified<\/td>This is a required field<\/td><\/tr>
required-if-all-sku-empty-and-file-not-loaded<\/td>Please enter valid SKU key<\/td><\/tr>
required-if-specified<\/td>This is a required field<\/td><\/tr>
required-number-if-specified<\/td>Please enter a valid number<\/td><\/tr>
datetime-validation<\/td>This is required field<\/td><\/tr>
required-text-swatch-entry<\/td>Admin is a required field in each row<\/td><\/tr>
required-visual-swatch-entry<\/td>Admin is a required field in each row<\/td><\/tr>
required-dropdown-attribute-entry<\/td>Admin is a required field in each row<\/td><\/tr>
validate-item-quantity<\/td>Please enter a quantity greater than 0;The fewest you may purchase is %1;The maximum you may purchase is %1;
You can buy this product only in quantities of %1 at a time<\/td><\/tr>
password-not-equal-to-user-name<\/td>password-not-equal-to-user-nam<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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