about a contact form

[Martinus]

Hi PW's,

I am trying to find out if there is such a thing as a simple contact form with validation etc. on PW.

Right now I have a simple form using bootstrap but obvious - there is not really a good validation in it's framework.
I could fill in whatever I want and it validates ok.

I have looked in modules but there is so much and also many seem to be outdated (more then ten years back). I have tried to install frontendForms but was giving me errors after I placed the folder in my modules map and did a refresh.

Any advice is welcome.

[Stefanowitsch]

Which Bootstrap Version are you using? Since Bootstrap 4 there is a form validation component that you can use. It prevents submitting when required fields are empty (for example).

https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.6/components/forms/#validation

https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.1/forms/validation/

However this validation is frontend only. If you disable JavaScript you are still able to submit the form to the server. So I would advice you to make use of both frontend validation (Bootstrap) and backend validation (either via the processwire API or a third party PHP module (https://github.com/rakit/validation).

[Martinus]

ok. I have bootstrap 5.2, and I know the validation of it only checks for empty fields. I still need PW validation at the back. Where do I find such examples? I have looks in the docs, api, and tutorials section (forum) but did not find any.

[pwired]

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I still need PW validation at the back. Where do I find such examples?

you will find all you need in this forum thread

https://processwire.com/talk/topic/2089-create-simple-forms-using-api/

 

[zoeck]

There's also a paid pro module "FormBuilder":

https://processwire.com/store/form-builder/