javascript - Australian Phone Number Validation

Question

I have a web form that should only accept valid Australian phone numbers. I have data-type="phone" on the phone field though the parsley.js file does not recognize Australian number formats. I have attempted to edit the parsley.js file without any success. Does anyone have the code to accept Australian number formats? Failing that, how could I make the phone number field a required digit field that also accepts spaces and a minimum of 8 digits? data-type"digit" doesn't seem to allow any spaces.

Answer 1

If you want want to go with all HTML5 look at this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/bud68oho/2/

This fiddle uses the required and pattern attributes to validate the form. The required attribute does not allow the form to post if the input is not filled in. The pattern attribute allows you to implement regex for matching. If the input does not meet the requirements of the regex then the form will not post.

The only gotcha with this approach is browser compatibility. Make sure to test this method with your target browsers. The above example works in the latest version of IE and Chrome, I am unable to do any further testing.