Custom Error Message for Custom Field

Resolved Shameem Reza
(@codechef)

3 years, 9 months ago

I am adding a text field for user age, and my meta key is: user_age

Now I want to add a validation message like: Must be between the ages of 21 and 40.

How can I do it?

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Aswin Giri

(@aswingiri)

3 years, 9 months ago

Hello @codechef

Please follow this article for custom validation.

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Ultimate Member Support

(@ultimatemembersupport)

3 years, 9 months ago

Hi @codechef

Here’s a code snippet to validate the age with the birth_date field:

add_action("um_submit_form_register","um_062821_18_years_old");
function um_062821_18_years_old( $post_form ){
    
    if(  isset( $post_form['birth_date'] ) && ! empty( $post_form['birth_date'] ) ){
       
       
        // register the error notice
        // $then will first be a string-date
        $then = strtotime( $post_form['birth_date'] );
        //The age to be over, over +18
        $min = strtotime('+18 years', $then);
        if(time() < $min)  {
            UM()->form()->add_error('birth_date', __( 'You should be over 17 years old.', 'ultimate-member' ) );
		}
	
    }  

}

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Shameem Reza

(@codechef)

3 years, 9 months ago

Thanks for your kind reply. I am already using those code. Is there any way to limit the maximum age limit as well?

missveronica

(@missveronicatv)

3 years, 8 months ago

@codechef

You can try this code snippet for at least 18 and less than 50 years old:

add_action("um_submit_form_register","um_062821_18_years_old");
function um_062821_18_years_old( $post_form ){
    
    if(  isset( $post_form['birth_date'] ) && ! empty( $post_form['birth_date'] ) ){       
        // register the error notice
        // $then will first be a string-date
        $then = strtotime( $post_form['birth_date'] );
        //The age to be over, over +18 and less than +50
        $min = strtotime('+18 years', $then);
        $max = strtotime('+50 years', $then);
        if(time() < $min || time() > $max )  {
            UM()->form()->add_error('birth_date', __( 'You should be at least 18 and less than 50 years old.', 'ultimate-member' ) );
		}	
    }
}