From 909b9ddbf22a10dcd95993ab6c616274e2a53c6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Sutherland <jdsutherland3@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 14:16:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add optional attribute

---
 jquery.formvalidator.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/jquery.formvalidator.js b/jquery.formvalidator.js
index c87fea1..aad2ddf 100755
--- a/jquery.formvalidator.js
+++ b/jquery.formvalidator.js
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@
             // Validate element values
             //
             $form.find('input,textarea,select').each(function() {
+
+                if ($(this).attr("data-optional") == 'true' && $(this).val() == '') {
+                  return true;
+                }
+
                 if (!ignoreInput($(this).attr('name'), $(this).attr('type'))) {
 
                     // memorize border color