How to use jquery.validate plugin in cakephp form

Question

My jQuery code is:

$(document).ready(function(){   
  $(\'#StudentRegisterForm\').validate({          
    rules: {
      email: {
        required:true,
            


        

Answer 1

The first one is better to use, because this will maintain cake this->data structure, but second one is not. This is to remind that, when you will use the data[modelname][fieldname] give the class name in the input aray like:

<?php echo $form->input('email',array('type'=>'text','class' => array('required','email'),'error'=>false,'label'=>false,'div'=>false));  ?>

Answer 2

You need just need a minor tweak, set the rule using a string, like this:

$(function(){ //short for $(document).ready(function(){
  $('#RegisterForm').validate({
    rules: {
        "data[Student][email]": {
            required:true,
            email:true
        }
    }
  });
});

Answer 3

I had exactly this problem yesterday. The answer is to 'force' the name on the input field, like:

echo $form->input('cheque_number',array('name'=>'InvoiceChequeNumber','value'=>''));

I spent a while trying to avoid doing that, but I couldn't find any alternative. There are no problems for CakePHP when you do it like this.