Why do I get the following error when doing the following inside the jQuery validation plugin by bassistance? IMO this should have worked, but I get this:

SyntaxError: missing : after property id

var type = $(this).type; //This is a hidden field in the form 


$("#myForm").validate({

    var type = $(this).type;
    rules: {
        name: {
            required: true,
            minlength: 3,
            maxlength: 51
        },
    },

Why do I get the following error when doing the following inside the jQuery validation plugin by bassistance? IMO this should have worked, but I get this:

SyntaxError: missing : after property id

var type = $(this).type; //This is a hidden field in the form 


$("#myForm").validate({

    var type = $(this).type;
    rules: {
        name: {
            required: true,
            minlength: 3,
            maxlength: 51
        },
    },

• javascript
• jquery
• jquery-validate

• Like any other jQuery plugin method, you can only pass key:value pairs separated by mas inside of the .validate() method. The allowed keys and their acceptable values are pre-defined by the plugin developer. I guess you skipped the docs. jqueryvalidation/validate – Sparky Commented Dec 25, 2013 at 16:06

1 Answer 1

It's because the validate method accepts object, yet you did not pass an object, try

$("#myForm").validate({

type : $(this).type,
rules: {
    name: {
        required: true,
        minlength: 3,
        maxlength: 51
    },