Form Validation using JavaScript

Question

I\'m trying to validate a form using JavaScript but i\'m a bit stuck on displaying a message next to the field to say that \"This field is required\". How do I go about doing th

Answer 1

Your way of validation form fields is absolutely terrible, a lot of unneded and bloated code which is not optimized at all.

I will strongly reccomend you use some sort of readyly available FormValidation script or have a look at this jQuery plugin
Using jQuery your code can look like this (plus you also get the messages to appear next to field):

$("#signupForm").validate({
    rules: {
        firstname: "required",
        lastname: "required",
        username: {
            required: true,
            minlength: 2
        },
        password: {
            required: true,
            minlength: 5
        },
        confirm_password: {
            required: true,
            minlength: 5,
            equalTo: "#password"
        },
        email: {
            required: true,
            email: true
        }
    }
})