form submit in jquery validation code example

Example 1: submit ajax form validation jquery

$('#form').validate({

    ... your validation rules come here,

    submitHandler: function(form) {
        $.ajax({
            url: form.action,
            type: form.method,
            data: $(form).serialize(),
            success: function(response) {
                $('#answers').html(response);
            }            
        });
    }
});

Example 2: jquery validation example

reference : https://www.sitepoint.com/basic-jquery-form-validation-tutorial/

// Wait for the DOM to be ready
$(function() {
  // Initialize form validation on the registration form.
  // It has the name attribute "registration"
  $("form[name='registration']").validate({
    // Specify validation rules
    rules: {
      // The key name on the left side is the name attribute
      // of an input field. Validation rules are defined
      // on the right side
      firstname: "required",
      lastname: "required",
      email: {
        required: true,
        // Specify that email should be validated
        // by the built-in "email" rule
        email: true
      },
      password: {
        required: true,
        minlength: 5
      }
    },
    // Specify validation error messages
    messages: {
      firstname: "Please enter your firstname",
      lastname: "Please enter your lastname",
      password: {
        required: "Please provide a password",
        minlength: "Your password must be at least 5 characters long"
      },
      email: "Please enter a valid email address"
    },
    // Make sure the form is submitted to the destination defined
    // in the "action" attribute of the form when valid
    submitHandler: function(form) {
      form.submit();
    }
  });
});

Example 3: jquery form validation

function submitFunction(event){
	event.preventDefault();
}
$("#form_id").submit(submitFunction);