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Hi

I'm looking for some building blocks or alternatives for the v3 functions of fieldset (or rather: container/fieldset) and server side validation.
Right now I'm inserting custom html elements to open and close the fieldset, but maybe there's a smarter way?

What's the best approach to do some custom server side validation?

kind regards

Stijn

I had some problem with containers too. See https://www.chronoengine.com/forums/posts/t103661/how-to-create-containers-do-separete-elements.html
You will have to try using the Areas elements to mimic the fieldset. You can try using the Segment element. See more about it https://semantic-ui.com/elements/segment.html

Regarding server side validation, I'm trying to understand that too. I do think that the best approach is using a PHP block followed by a Event switch block.

Hi Stijn,

If you are using custom HTML then this is not a bad solution, I will try to have a fieldset area in the next update.

server validation can be done with the "Validate data" action, in the data provider write {data:}, then write each field you want to validate with the validation rule and error message:

field1/required:this field is required
field1/email:it should have an email address

If you need a custom function then you can do that with a PHP block and event switcher like flashfs noted, the PHP should return the value to be switched then use {var:php_name} in the data provider of the event switcher.

https://www.chronoengine.com/faqs/74-chronoforms6/5293-validating-fields.html

Best regards,
Max