CF v4 custom server side validation

Hi,
I had the following custom validation in v3 that worked fine:

<?php
if($_POST['text_0'] > 20)
return 'Sorry, you cannot score more than "20" in the STAR Game.  Please enter a score of 20 or less';
?>

I'm now trying to make it work in version 4 but having no luck:

<?php
if ($_POST['text_0'] > 20) {
  $form->validation_errors['text_0'] = "Sorry, you cannot score more than 20 in the STAR Game.  Please enter a score of 20 or less";
  return false;
}
?>

Thanx in advance for your help

Hi Mark,

That looks OK to me. Please post a link to the form so I can take a quick look.

Bob

http://www.scratchgolfer.org/newSG/jupgrade/index.php?option=com_chronoforms&chronoform=skills_star

Thanx!

Hi Mark,

Do you have an Event Loop action in the OnFail event?

Bob

I do now,
That did it,
thanx!!

Mark

well,

Now if I post something higher than 20 (ie a value that kicks off the validation message)
A value of "0" is posted to the database, which will really throw off the component that uses the info from the db.

Anything I can do to keep if from posting if the value is not allowed?

Thanx again.

Mark

Hi Mark,

Have the Serverside validation action before the DB Save action?

Bob

also,
If I enter an incorrect captcha, I get the error message from the custom validation code.
How can I configure it to say "incorrect captcha?"

Hi Mark,

Have the Check Captcha (with its Event Loop action in the OnFail event) before the Server Side validation action.

Bob

Hi Mark,

Have the Serverside validation action before the DB Save action?

Bob

It is...

Hi Mark,

Please take a Form Backup using the icon in the Forms Manager and post it here (as a zipped file) or PM or email it to me and I'll take a closer look.

Bob

I put a "show stopper" event in the custom validation on fail event and that seemed to do the trick.
Thanx again for all of your help!

Mark

Hi Mark,

If you have an Event Loop in there you shouldn't need the Show Stopper as well.

Bob

nope - that's not it..
Took the show stopper out and now it miraculously works...
I probably need to just walk away from this for a bit

A new prob...
My first form is called "skills_star"
It is one of multiple forms that I have on a single page
If I copy skills_star, call it something else, change settings etc,
the new form and skills_star will show a "incorrect captcha" error no matter what you put in the fields.

If I make a new form as opposed to copying a form, it works,
But I really need to be able to copy or this will take forever.

Hi Mark,

If you have multiple forms on the same page then the form names and all the input names and ids must be unique.

Bob

Still doesn't seem to be working if I copy a form.
The skills_star form has input id and name text_0
the skills_ladder form has input id and name text_1

Again, if I create the form from scratch it works fine.

Hi Mark,

Hmmm . . . a bit baffled here. It may be something about the way Max has set up the Captcha in CFv4 that doesn't get re-set when you copy.

Bob

I'll play around with it - maybe delete the captcha, save, clear cache, add it back in, etc...
I'll let you know.
Thanx
Mark

still the same...