Adding the parent-age-check is just another method. In this case, I'd add a custom age-method (http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/addMethod), and use that together with date and required.
Jörn On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Validatorian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For what it's worth, if you can think of a better (read: cleaner) way > to do what I'm currently doing, please let me know :) > > On Oct 28, 11:26 am, Validatorian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm doing something similar to this >> example:http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/required#dependency... >> >> I have a date input field, and if you are under 13, it pops up another >> field for parent's age.But unlike this example,I want the parent to be >> required to be 18 or older.How would I set it up to require the input, >> and require it to be over a certain age. >> >> It 's also important to note that the inputs are dates, not ages, so I >> can't just do "min:18" because it 's more like "Tue Aug 29 2023 >> 11:18:38 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)" >> >> If needed, here's what I am currently doing: >> >> function checkAge(parent) { >> var min_age = 13; >> >> if (parent) { >> var dateArray = parent.split('/'); >> min_age = 18; >> } else { >> var dateArray = $('#dateOfBirth').val().split('/'); >> } >> var year = dateArray[2]; >> var month = dateArray[0] - 1; >> var day = dateArray[1]; >> >> var theirDate = new Date(); >> theirDate.setFullYear((parseInt(year) + min_age), month, day); >> console.log(theirDate); >> var today = new Date(); >> console.log(today); >> console.log(today - theirDate); >> >> if (today < theirDate) { >> $('#parentsRequired').show(); >> return true; >> } else { >> $('#parentsRequired').hide(); >> return false; >> } >> >> } >> >> .... >> >> dateOfBirth: { >> required: function(element) { >> var check = checkAge(); >> return true; >> }, >> date: true}, >> >> parentsDateOfBirth: { >> required: function(element) { >> return checkAge($(element).val()); >> }, >> date: true >> >> },
