Server Side Validation issue

Hello to all,
with this latest version of CF i don't have understand how can i insert a custom server side validation!
If i put in on submit event "custom server side valdation" and in it i insert

<?php
$error_count = 0;
if ( $form->data['ruolo'] == '' ) {
  $form->validation_errors['ruolo'] = "Devi inserire il tuo titolo";
  $error_count++;
}



if ( $error_count ) {
  return false;
}
?>

Nothing happens!

I attach the scheme of my actions and events...
How can i fix it?

Hi mattiadj,

Please drag an Event Loop action into the pink On Fail event box of the Serverside validation action.

Bob

Ok,
then?and...why this??🙂 This CF is quite difficult than v3...😟

Edit:made it but now apache crashes!!
Setting attached as img

Hi mattiadj ,

Yes . . . and it's midnight here. I'll be back in the morning.

Bob

Is midnight also here...i'm from italy🙂
I'll see you back tomorrow🙂

Hi mattiadj,

Back again,

The Event Loops should be set to the defafult > On Load so that they loop to the OnLoad event. (I suspect that you have them set to > On Submit which causes a loop and cracshes the site.

Also you should probably drag the Validation action before the Upload Files action.

Bob

Ok now works but i don't understand why... when i have to use eventloop?and when i have to set to onsubmit or onload?

Also, in all part of form i have used this code to load the page

<?php 
$path = JPATH_SITE;
require $path.'/form/preventivo/nameOfFile.ext';?>

but now for the Server side validation it doesn't work. Since is a heavy validation is much easy for me to make an external file to manage...how can i do?

Hi mattiadj,

The Event Loop action loads an Event. You set it to the Event you want to load. Most of the time it's used - as it is here - to reload the form by calling the On Load event.

Your require code should work OK for ServerSide validation :-(

I ran a test and it looks as though the return false; doesn't work from the included file. I got it working like this. In the Serverside validation action:

<?php
include (JPATH_SITE.DS.'components'.DS.'com_chronoforms'.DS.'includes'.DS.'test_form_multi_validation'.DS.'serverside_validation.php');
if ( !$return ) {
  return false;
}
?>

In the included file:

<?php
/* ensuring that this file is called up from another file */
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

$input_text_0 = JRequest::getVar('input_text_0', 'empty', 'post');
if ( $input_text_0 ) {
  $form->validation_errors['input_text_0'] = "Text input was : ".$input_text_0;
  $return = false;
}
?>

NB This validation is intended to fail, for testing purposes only!!

Bob

Thanks Bob,
i will try but now i have problem with upload files...can you check my new post and help me?

Thanks...