https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/forcedisablebypass-validation-of-checkboxes Gravity Support Forums Topic: Disable/bypass validation of fields, esp. checkboxes en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:09:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/forcedisablebypass-validation-of-checkboxes#post-34338 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:35:46 +0000 MMontgomery 34338@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Have similar Issue , Will monitor to see if there's any resolve ::: </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/forcedisablebypass-validation-of-checkboxes#post-34012 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:08:01 +0000 Alex Cancado 34012@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>As far as I can tell, that option should be all you need to do. I am gonna need to take a closer look at it. Is there any way you can put this on a public test site? I will be difficult for me to help you without actually seeing what is going on. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/forcedisablebypass-validation-of-checkboxes#post-33970 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:57:15 +0000 stevehong 33970@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm running Gravity Forms Version 1.5.2.8. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/forcedisablebypass-validation-of-checkboxes#post-33966 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:32:33 +0000 Alex Cancado 33966@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>What version of Gravity Forms are you running? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/forcedisablebypass-validation-of-checkboxes#post-33953 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:29:37 +0000 stevehong 33953@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I thought allowing dynamic population would fix it, but there's no difference whether I check that option or not. My Javascript changes the values in the DOM before submission, and the checkboxes come back with errors. Is there something else I need to do? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/forcedisablebypass-validation-of-checkboxes#post-33939 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:39:55 +0000 Alex Cancado 33939@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This is a security feature to prevent users from changing the price in the DOM and submitting the form with the wrong price.</p> <p>To disable that validation, set your checkbox fields to "allow field to be populated dynamically" in the advanced tab. When that option is checked, the state validation is bypassed. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/forcedisablebypass-validation-of-checkboxes#post-33841 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:45:23 +0000 stevehong 33841@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>In short, I want to know how to disable validation of a field, regardless its value. I'm using Javascript to dynamically change the values of pricing checkboxes based on user input in other fields. It seems that something in the standard validation of checkboxes causes a failure whenever the values are altered in the DOM. </p> <p>So I looked at the validation hook and tried to bypass validation of the field by adding a class "skipValidation" to the checkboxes and setting <code>$field[&#39;failed_validation&#39;] = false;</code><br /> <a href="http://www.pastie.org/2450179" rel="nofollow">http://www.pastie.org/2450179</a></p> <p>But the front-end effect of this is only to give the appearance that the field is valid. The form itself still seems to be invalid and displays "There was a problem with your submission. Errors have been highlighted below." But there are no actual errors highlighted.</p> <p>It seems to me that I can't actually just validate the whole form with <code>$validation_result[&#39;is_valid&#39;] = true;</code><br /> because then none of the other fields will attempt validation, and I've essentially turned off validation for the entire form.</p> <p>I think my method would actually work if I wasn't using a multiple input field like checkboxes. The validation hook documentation seemed to indicate something is different about checkboxes: "This method for retrieving the field value will work for most fields. Known exceptions are checkboxes and fields with multiple inputs. We will cover those later as an addition to this walk-through." I couldn't find this additional document covering these exceptions.</p> <p>I need to use the pricing options because I'm trying to send additional costs to Cart66, which picks up the cost increases when I add, for example, " +$1000" to the value of the choices. However, the additional costs are not fixed and need to be calculated, so I'm using Javascript to calculate and modify the input values in the DOM. Here's what I'm doing to the HTML:<br /> <a href="http://www.pastie.org/2450390" rel="nofollow">http://www.pastie.org/2450390</a></p> <p>In summary, I would appreciate if someone can help me to bypass validation of a specific set of checkboxes or show me another way to get Cart66 to pick up dynamically calculated cost increases to a product when integrated with Gravity Forms. Thanks.</p> <p>P.S. I only code a little Javascript, so please try to explain any PHP answers simply. Also, I can't post a URL to a live example, as I'm still in development. </p>