How can I customize the form's validation message text?

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sunil
Member
Hi. I'd like to change the text of the form-wide error message that shows when the form fails validation.

I found a bit of code here:
http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/new-hooks-and-fliters#post-3254
```
add_filter("form_validation_message",
	   "change_message", 10, 2) ;
function change_message($message, $form)
{
  return "Failed." . $form["MyForm"] ;
}
```
This code snippet doesn't seem to change the message. This post is over a year old, so I'd like to know if it should still work. If so, what could I be doing wrong?
Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday January 4, 2012 | Permalink

I just tested this snippet below (placed it into my functions.php file) and it worked for me:

add_filter("gform_validation_message", "change_message", 10, 2);
function change_message($message, $form){
    return '<div class="validation_error"> Your Error message here </div>';
}

Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday January 4, 2012 | Permalink

Chris Hajer
Key Master

@sunil, unless it's a typo in what you posted here, you are using form_validation_message without the G in front. See Rob's code.

Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday January 4, 2012 | Permalink