Basically, I have a form and a validation function that executes when a form is submitted. However, I want some other codes to run before the validation runs. I tried this: How to order events bound with jQuery, but it does not work.

Here's what I have:

  $('form').submit(function(){
    $('form').trigger('before-submit');

    if($(this).find('error').exists(event))
      event.preventDefault();
  });


  $('form').bind('before-submit', function(e) {
    if($('#url').val=='http://')
      $('#url').val('');
      alert('test');
  });

Basically, I have a form and a validation function that executes when a form is submitted. However, I want some other codes to run before the validation runs. I tried this: How to order events bound with jQuery, but it does not work.

Here's what I have:

  $('form').submit(function(){
    $('form').trigger('before-submit');

    if($(this).find('error').exists(event))
      event.preventDefault();
  });


  $('form').bind('before-submit', function(e) {
    if($('#url').val=='http://')
      $('#url').val('');
      alert('test');
  });

• javascript
• jquery

• Why not literally put a call to "some other codes" right before you do the validation? – jli Commented Nov 25, 2011 at 1:35
• The first part is in an external file, the second part is generated with PHP. – Leo Jiang Commented Nov 25, 2011 at 2:12
• You could still have a call to a function right before the validation, and then define that function somewhere else. – jli Commented Nov 25, 2011 at 2:13

2 Answers 2

You could do:

$(function() {
     $('#formLogin').submit( function() {
         alert("Something"); //do something else here
         return true;
     });
});

how about this:

$('form').submit(function(){
  beforeSubmit(function(){
    // this function is the 'callback' function
    if($(this).find('error').exists(event))
      event.preventDefault();
  });
});

function beforeSubmit(fn) {
  if($('#url').val=='http://'){
    $('#url').val('');
    alert('test');
  }
  // call the 'callback' function you gave as argument
  fn();
}