Validate Dynamically Added Input fields

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I have used this jquery validation plugin for the following form.

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jzaefferer.github.com/jquery-validation/jquery.validate.js"></script>

<script>
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("#commentForm").validate();
    });

    function addInput() {
        var obj = document.getElementById("list").cloneNode(true);
        document.getElementById('parent').appendChild(obj);
    }
</script>

<form id="commentForm" method="get" action="">
    <p id="parent">
        <input id="list"  class="required" />
    </p>

    <input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"/>
    <input type="button" value="add" onClick="addInput()" />
</form>

When the add button is clicked a new input is dynamically added. However when the form is submitted only the first input field is validated. How can i validate dynamically added inputs? Thank you...

10 Answers

jquery validation plugin version work fine v1.15.0 but v1.17.0 not work for me.

$(document).find('#add_patient_form').validate({
          ignore: [],
          rules:{
            'email[]':
            {
              required:true,
            },               
          },
          messages:{
            'email[]':
            {
              'required':'Required'
            },            
          },    
        });
$('#form-btn').click(function () {
//set global rules & messages array to use in validator
   var rules = {};
   var messages = {};
//get input, select, textarea of form
   $('#formId').find('input, select, textarea').each(function () {
      var name = $(this).attr('name');
      rules[name] = {};
      messages[name] = {};

      rules[name] = {required: true}; // set required true against every name
//apply more rules, you can also apply custom rules & messages
      if (name === "email") {
         rules[name].email = true;
         //messages[name].email = "Please provide valid email";
      }
      else if(name==='url'){
        rules[name].required = false; // url filed is not required
//add other rules & messages
      }
   });
//submit form and use above created global rules & messages array
   $('#formId').submit(function (e) {
            e.preventDefault();
        }).validate({
            rules: rules,
            messages: messages,
            submitHandler: function (form) {
            console.log("validation success");
            }
        });
});
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