A simple jQuery form validation script

you can use jquery validator for that but you need to add jquery.validate.js and jquery.form.js file for that. after including validator file define your validation something like this.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#formID").validate({
    rules :{
        "data[User][name]" : {
            required : true
        }
    },
    messages :{
        "data[User][name]" : {
            required : 'Enter username'
        }
    }
    });
});
</script>

You can see required : true same there is many more property like for email you can define email : true for number number : true

You can simply use the jQuery Validate plugin as follows.

jQuery:

$(document).ready(function () {

    $('#myform').validate({ // initialize the plugin
        rules: {
            field1: {
                required: true,
                email: true
            },
            field2: {
                required: true,
                minlength: 5
            }
        }
    });

});

HTML:

<form id="myform">
    <input type="text" name="field1" />
    <input type="text" name="field2" />
    <input type="submit" />
</form>

DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/xs5vrrso/

Options: http://jqueryvalidation.org/validate

Methods: http://jqueryvalidation.org/category/plugin/

Standard Rules: http://jqueryvalidation.org/category/methods/

Optional Rules available with the additional-methods.js file:

maxWords
minWords
rangeWords
letterswithbasicpunc
alphanumeric
lettersonly
nowhitespace
ziprange
zipcodeUS
integer
vinUS
dateITA
dateNL
time
time12h
phoneUS
phoneUK
mobileUK
phonesUK
postcodeUK
strippedminlength
email2 (optional TLD)
url2 (optional TLD)
creditcardtypes
ipv4
ipv6
pattern
require_from_group
skip_or_fill_minimum
accept
extension