I have a content type having 10 fields that are all required. How do I skip validation for some fields? Is there any hook/function that allow me to do this?
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Do you want that to decide after submission or before submission?– ShubhamCommented Dec 21, 2015 at 11:51
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After save button clicked.– Rajesh VishwakarmaCommented Dec 21, 2015 at 12:27
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you can edit the required field and change it's setting.– WaQaR AliCommented Dec 21, 2015 at 13:07
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@WaQaR Ali fields are depend on other value, so I cant not change this form settings.– Rajesh VishwakarmaCommented Dec 21, 2015 at 13:12
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then you should follow the hook_form_alter as written in below answer.– WaQaR AliCommented Dec 21, 2015 at 13:23
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I consider that by
How do I skip validation
you mean "make the fields not compulsory" (UI level)
If that is the case then you can use hook_form_alter and change the
['#required']
setting, for any form element, to
FALSE.
Keep in mind that hook_form_alter is a generic hook invoked by any form in your site (performance issue) alternative you may use hook_form_FORM_ID_alter to "to talk" to a specific form. Hope that helps.
If you want to make the validation on a different level, you have to write your own validation handlers (['#validate']) or override Drupal's, like node_form_validate
For deciding and skipping some fields after submit follow the following steps.
Step 1: Perform HOOK_form_alter and add a custom function in $form['#validate] array, remember your custom validate function must add on 0th key of the array.
Step 2: Perform your calculation and find on which fields you want to perform the validations, and set them in $form['#limit_validation_errors'].
I hope this will help you for the skipping validation.
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I have to skip some required fields value based on other required value. This will checked run time once user clicked on save button. Commented Dec 23, 2015 at 8:25