added inline errorMsg processing

allows form element to have attribute that describes customized error message to display, overwriting default error msg
inline attribute name is set in config section
validate and doValidate functions get that attr value and use it both onblur and onsubmit

Author: stevewasiura

jquery.formvalidator.js

@@ -85,9 +85,11 @@
 
             var config = {
                     validationRuleAttribute : 'data-validation',
+                    validationErrorMsgAttribute : 'data-validation-error-msg', // define custom err msg inline with element
                     errorElementClass : 'error', // Class that will be put on elements which value is invalid
                     borderColorOnError : 'red',
                     dateFormat : 'yyyy-mm-dd'
+                    
             };
 
             if (settings) {
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@
                 borderColorOnError : 'red', // Border color of elements which value is invalid, empty string to not change border color
                 errorMessageClass : 'jquery_form_error_message', // class name of div containing error messages when validation fails
                 validationRuleAttribute : 'data-validation', // name of the attribute holding the validation rules
+                validationErrorMsgAttribute : 'data-validation-error-msg', // define custom err msg inline with element
                 errorMessagePosition : 'top', // Can be either "top" or "element"
                 scrollToTopOnError : true,
                 dateFormat : 'yyyy-mm-dd'
@@ -759,7 +762,9 @@ jQueryFormUtils.validateDomain = function(val) {
 jQueryFormUtils.validateInput = function(el, language, config, form) {
     var value = jQuery.trim(el.val());
     var validationRules = el.attr(config.validationRuleAttribute);
-
+    // see if form element has inline err msg attribute
+    var validationErrorMsg = el.attr(config.validationErrorMsgAttribute);
+    
     if (typeof validationRules != 'undefined' && validationRules !== null) {
 
         /**
@@ -775,98 +780,99 @@ jQueryFormUtils.validateInput = function(el, language, config, form) {
 
         // Required
         if (validationRules.indexOf('required') > -1 && value === '') {
-            return language.requiredFields;
+            // return custom inline err msg if defined
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.requiredFields;
         }
 
         // Min length
         if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_min_length') > -1 && value.length < getAttributeInteger(validationRules, 'length')) {
-            return language.toShortStart + getAttributeInteger(validationRules, 'length') + language.toShortEnd;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.tooShortStart + getAttributeInteger(validationRules, 'length') + language.tooShortEnd;
         }
 
         // Max length
         if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_max_length') > -1 && value.length > getAttributeInteger(validationRules, 'length')) {
-            return language.toLongStart + getAttributeInteger(validationRules, 'length') + language.toLongEnd;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.tooLongStart + getAttributeInteger(validationRules, 'length') + language.tooLongEnd;
         }
 
         // Length range
         if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_length') > -1) {
             var range = getAttributeInteger(validationRules, 'length').split('-');
             if (value.length < parseInt(range[0],10) || value.length > parseInt(range[1],10)) {
-                return language.badLength + getAttributeInteger(validationRules, 'length') + language.toLongEnd;
+                return validationErrorMsg || language.badLength + getAttributeInteger(validationRules, 'length') + language.tooLongEnd;
             }
         }
 
         // Email
         if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_email') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateEmail(value)) {
-            return language.badEmail;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badEmail;
         }
 
         // Domain
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_domain') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateDomain(value)) {
-            return language.badDomain;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badDomain;
         }
 
         // Url
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_url') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateUrl(value)) {
-            return language.badUrl;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badUrl;
         }
 
         // Float
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_float') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateFloat(value)) {
-            return language.badFloat;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badFloat;
         }
 
         // Integer
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_int') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateInteger(value)) {
-            return language.badInt;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badInt;
         }
 
         // Time
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_time') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateTime(value)) {
-            return language.badTime;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badTime;
         }
 
         // Date
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_date') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.parseDate(value, config.dateFormat)) {
-            return language.badDate;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badDate;
         }
 
         // Birth date
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_birthdate') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateBirthdate(value, config.dateFormat)) {
-            return language.badDate;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badDate;
         }
 
         // Phone number
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_phone') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validatePhoneNumber(value)) {
-            return language.badTelephone;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badTelephone;
         }
 
         // Swedish phone number
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_swemobile') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateSwedishMobileNumber(value)) {
-            return language.badTelephone;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badTelephone;
         }
 
         // simple spam check
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_spamcheck') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.simpleSpamCheck(value, validationRules)) {
-            return language.badSecurityAnswer;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badSecurityAnswer;
         }
 
         // UK VAT Number check
         else if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_ukvatnumber') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateUKVATNumber(value)) {
-            return language.badUKVatAnswer;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badUKVatAnswer;
         }
 
         // Custom regexp validation
         if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_custom') > -1 && validationRules.indexOf('regexp/') > -1) {
             var regexp = new RegExp(validationRules.split('regexp/')[1].split('/')[0]);
             if (!regexp.test(value)) {
-                return language.badCustomVal;
+                return validationErrorMsg || language.badCustomVal;
             }
         }
 
         // Swedish social security number
         if (validationRules.indexOf('validate_swesc') > -1 && !jQueryFormUtils.validateSwedishSecurityNumber(value)) {
-            return language.badSecurityNumber;
+            return validationErrorMsg || language.badSecurityNumber;
         }
 
         // confirmation
@@ -877,7 +883,7 @@ jQueryFormUtils.validateInput = function(el, language, config, form) {
                 conf = confInput.val();
             }
             if (value !== conf) {
-                return language.notConfirmed;
+                return validationErrorMsg || language.notConfirmed;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -898,10 +904,10 @@ jQueryFormUtils.LANG =  {
     badTelephone : 'You have not given a correct phone number',
     badSecurityAnswer : 'You have not given a correct answer to the security question',
     badDate : 'You have not given a correct date',
-    toLongStart : 'You have given an answer longer than ',
-    toLongEnd : ' characters',
-    toShortStart : 'You have given an answer shorter than ',
-    toShortEnd : ' characters',
+    tooLongStart : 'You have given an answer longer than ',
+    tooLongEnd : ' characters',
+    tooShortStart : 'You have given an answer shorter than ',
+    tooShortEnd : ' characters',
     badLength : 'You have to give an answer between ',
     notConfirmed : 'Values could not be confirmed',
     badDomain : 'Incorrect domain value',