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Why is my exception handling not catching?

This is my html code that I am trying to create the exception handling for. I am trying to create the exceptions for the first form in this code.
<form id="survey" name="survey" method="post">
<div id="errorText"></div>
<fieldset class="labelfloatleft" id="contactinfo"><legend>Your Thoughts</legend>
<label for="firstname">First Name</label>
<input type="text" name="firstname" id="firstname" />
<label for="lastname">Last Name</label>
<input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname" />
<label for="emailaddress">Email Address</label>
<input type="email" name="emailaddress" id="emailaddress"
size="30" placeholder="foryou#yahoo.com" />
</fieldset>
<fieldset><legend>Best Movie</legend>
<input type="radio" name="movie" id="horror" value="horror" checked="checked"/>
<label for="horror">The Horror</label>
<input type="radio" name="movie" id="badabing" value="badabing" />
<label for="badabing">Bada-Bing Bada-Boom</label>
<input type="radio" name="movie" id="roll" value="roll" />
<label for="roll">Roll or Die</label>
</fieldset>
<fieldset><legend>Comments</legend>
<label for="message">Your Opinion</label>
<textarea name="message" id="message" rows="7" cols="30"></textarea>
</fieldset>
<input type="submit" value="Send" class="button" id="submitBtn"/>
<input type="reset" value="Cancel" class="button" />
</form>
<h2>Welcome To Our World</h2>
<p class="very">We are a small time movie theater looking to help inspire
people who come to our theater. Our theaters come with
fresh food, cold and hot drinks, souvenirs and comfortable
seats to help make your experience worth while.
</p>
<h2>Most Popular</h2>
<ul>
<li>The Horror</li>
<li>Bada-Bing Bada-Boom</li>
<li>Roll or Die</li>
</ul>
<h2>Prices</h2>
<table title="prices">
<tr>
<th>Ticket</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Thursday Deal</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adult</td>
<td>$10.00</td>
<td rowspan="3">Half-Off</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Child</td>
<td>$6.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Senior</td>
<td>$8.00</td>
</table>
<form id="price" name="price" method="post">
<fieldset><legend>Ticket Quantity</legend>
<label for="adultinput">Adult 15-60
<input type="text" id="adultinput" value="1" size="2"/>
</label>
<label for="childinput">Child 1-14
<input type="text" id="childinput" value="0" size="2"/>
</label>
<label for="seniorinput">Senior 50 and up
<input type="text" id="seniorinput" value="0" size="2"/>
</label>
</fieldset>
<input type="submit" value="Calculate" id="calculate" class="button" />
<input type="reset" value="Cancel" class="button" />
</form>
This is my exception handling code that I am trying to get working. However, no matter how much I modify it, it never shows correctly. I have ran it in Chrome and have tried using a debugger to help however I am still unable to show the exceptions when I click the submit button.
"use strict";
var fnameComplete = true;
var lnameComplete = true;
var emailComplete = true;
var fname = document.getElementById("firstname").value;
var lname = document.getElementById("lastname").value;
var email = document.getElementById("emailaddress").value;
var errorDiv = document.getElementById("errorText");
function verifyFname() {
var validity = true;
var messageText = "";
var errorDiv = document.getElementById("errorText");
try {
if(!(isNaN(fname.value)) || (fname.value === "")){
fname.style.background = "rgb(255,233,233)";
throw "Please enter your first name.";
}
}
catch(message) {
validity = false;
messageText = message;
}
finally{
numErrorDiv.style.display = "block";
fnameComplete = validity;
errorDiv.innerHTML = messageText;
}
}
function verifyLname() {
var validity = true;
var messageText = "";
var errorDiv = document.getElementById("errorText");
try {
if(!(isNaN(lname.value)) || (lname.value === "")){
lname.style.background = "rgb(255,233,233)";
throw "Please enter your first name.";
}
}
catch(message) {
validity = false;
messageText = message;
}
finally{
errorDiv.style.display = "block";
lnameComplete = validity;
errorDiv.innerHTML = messageText;
}
}
function verifyEmail() {
var validity = true;
var messageText = "";
var errorDiv = document.getElementById("errorText");
try {
if(email === "") {
email.style.background = "rgb(255,233,233)";
throw "Please enter your email.";
}
}
catch(message) {
validity = false;
messageText = message;
}
finally{
numErrorDiv.style.display = "block";
emailComplete = validity;
errorDiv.innerHTML = messageText;
}
}
function validateForm(e) {
if (e.preventDefault) {
e.preventDefault(); //prevent form from submitting
} else {
e.returnValue = false; //prevent form from submitting in IE8
}
formValidity = true; //reset value for revalidation
verifyEmail();
verifyFname();
verifyLname();
if(formValidity === true) {
document.getElementsByTagName("form")[0].submit();
}
}
function createEventListeners() {
var form = document.getElementsByTagName("form")[0];
if (form.addEventListener){
form.addEventListener("submit", validateForm, false);
} else if(form.attachEvent) {
form.attachEvent("onsubmit", validateForm);
}
}
if (window.addEventListener) {
window.addEventListener("load", createEventListeners, false);
} else if(window.attachEvent) {
window.attachEvent("onload", createEventListeners);
}

It looks like you try to access a non existing field.
Here you already get the values of the fields
var fname = document.getElementById("firstname").value;
var lname = document.getElementById("lastname").value;
var email = document.getElementById("emailaddress").value;
And in your comparisons you try to access a value field again. But you already have the plain value
if(!(isNaN(lname.value)) || (lname.value === "")){
}
Do it this way instead
if(!(isNaN(lname)) || (lname === "")){
}

HTML form submit button refreshing the page

I'm currently writing a registration form in HTML and have come across a couple of problems. Firstly, I have to have a separate button outside of the form tags to run the function as my submit button just submits the form whether input fields are entered incorrectly, only showing the validation alerts for a split second. Secondly, if I enter the email correctly it states that 'email.includes' is not valid, however, it still runs as it should, this error does not appear if I enter an invalid email. Thanks for any answers (I know my code is not great, I'm still learning a lot)
function validate_form() {
var forename = document.getElementById("forename");
var surname = document.getElementById("surname");
var username = document.getElementById("username");
var password = document.getElementById("password");
var re_password = document.getElementById("re_password");
var email = document.getElementById("email");
var errors = 0
var special_chars = "<>#!#$%^&*()_+[]{}?:;|'\"\\,./~`-=";
if (forename.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("forename").style.background = "red";
forename_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
} else
for (var i = 0; i < forename.value.length; i++) {
if (special_chars.indexOf(forename.value.charAt(i)) != -1) {
forename_chars.style.visibility = 'visible'
}
}
if (surname.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("surname").style.background = "red";
surname_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
} else
for (var i = 0; i < surname.value.length; i++) {
if (special_chars.indexOf(surname.value.charAt(i)) != -1) {
surname_chars.style.visibility = 'visible'
}
}
if (username.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("username").style.background = "red";
username_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
} else
for (var i = 0; i < username.value.length; i++) {
if (special_chars.indexOf(username.value.charAt(i)) != -1) {
username_chars.style.visibility = 'visible'
}
}
if (password.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("password").style.background = "red";
pass_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
}
if (password.value != re_password.value) {
//document.getElementById("re_password").style.background = "red";
repass_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
}
if (email.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("email").style.background = "red";
var errors = errors + 1
}
if (errors != "0") {
alert("Whoops! Looks like you didn't enter your details properly")
}
if (!email.value.includes("#") || !email.includes(".")) {
//document.getElementById("email").style.background = "blue";
email_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
return false;
}
return (true);
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Login form</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Login Form CSS.css">
<script src="Registration function.js" defer></script>
<body>
<div class="loginbox">
<img src="Logo.jpg" class="avatar">
<h1> Create Account </h1>
<form name="login-form">
<div id="forename_confirmation"> Please fill in this box </div>
<div id="forename_chars"> Don't use special characters</div>
<p>Forename
<p>
<input type="text" name="forename" id="forename" placeholder="Enter Forename here">
<div id="surname_confirmation"> Please fill in this box </div>
<div id="surname_chars"> Don't use special characters</div>
<p>Surname
<p>
<input type="text" name="surname" id="surname" placeholder="Enter Surname here">
<div id="username_confirmation"> Please fill in this box </div>
<div id="username_chars"> Don't use special characters</div>
<p>Username
<p>
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" placeholder="Enter Username here">
<div id="pass_confirmation"> Please fill in this box </div>
<div id="pass_chars">Don't use special characters</div>
<p>Password
<p>
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" placeholder="Enter Password here">
<div id="repass_confirmation"> Passwords do not match </div>
<p>Re-enter Password
<p>
<input type="password" name="re_password" id="re_password" placeholder="Re-enter your password here">
<div id="email_confirmation"> Please enter a valid email </div>
<p>Email
<p>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" placeholder="Enter Email here">
<!--
<p>Gender<p>
<input type="radio" id="Male" name="Gender" value="Male">Male</input>
<input type="radio" id="Female" name="Gender" value="Female">Female</input>
-->
<button onclick="validate_form()" type="Submit" value="True" name="button-submit"> Submit </button>
<br />
<br />
Forgot your password?
<br />
Already got an account?
<br /><br />
</form>
<!-- <button onclick="validate_form()" type="submit"> Validate </button> -->
</div>
</body>
</head>
<script>
forename_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
forename_chars.style.visibility = 'hidden'
surname_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
surname_chars.style.visibility = 'hidden'
username_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
username_chars.style.visibility = 'hidden'
pass_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
pass_chars.style.visibility = 'hidden'
repass_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
email_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
</script>
</body>
</html>

Two issues here:
When you don't want to submit your form (e. g. entered details are incorrect), you will need to prevent it from submitting. In JavaScript, you can to this with preventDefault().
So achieve this, I added the line event.preventDefault() to your if statement that checks if there are any errors. Keep in mind that you need to pass the event parameter to your function in order to get preventDefault() working.
Secondly, you need to check if the value of your email field includes something.
You got your email field like this: var email = document.getElementById('email');, so you need to check the value like this: email.value.includes('bla').
All together, your script works perfectly fine:
function validate_form(event) {
var forename = document.getElementById("forename");
var surname = document.getElementById("surname");
var username = document.getElementById("username");
var password = document.getElementById("password");
var re_password = document.getElementById("re_password");
var email = document.getElementById("email");
var errors = 0
var special_chars = "<>#!#$%^&*()_+[]{}?:;|'\"\\,./~`-=";
if (forename.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("forename").style.background = "red";
forename_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
} else
for (var i = 0; i < forename.value.length; i++) {
if (special_chars.indexOf(forename.value.charAt(i)) != -1) {
forename_chars.style.visibility = 'visible'
}
}
if (surname.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("surname").style.background = "red";
surname_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
} else
for (var i = 0; i < surname.value.length; i++) {
if (special_chars.indexOf(surname.value.charAt(i)) != -1) {
surname_chars.style.visibility = 'visible'
}
}
if (username.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("username").style.background = "red";
username_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
} else
for (var i = 0; i < username.value.length; i++) {
if (special_chars.indexOf(username.value.charAt(i)) != -1) {
username_chars.style.visibility = 'visible'
}
}
if (password.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("password").style.background = "red";
pass_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
}
if (password.value != re_password.value) {
//document.getElementById("re_password").style.background = "red";
repass_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
var errors = errors + 1
}
if (email.value == "") {
//document.getElementById("email").style.background = "red";
var errors = errors + 1
}
if (errors != "0") {
alert("Whoops! Looks like you didn't enter your details properly");
event.preventDefault(); // Prevent the form from submitting
}
if (!email.value.includes("#") || !email.value.includes(".")) {
//document.getElementById("email").style.background = "blue";
email_confirmation.style.visibility = 'visible';
return false;
}
return (true);
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Login form</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Login Form CSS.css">
<script src="Registration function.js" defer></script>
<body>
<div class="loginbox">
<img src="Logo.jpg" class="avatar">
<h1> Create Account </h1>
<form name="login-form">
<div id="forename_confirmation"> Please fill in this box </div>
<div id="forename_chars"> Don't use special characters</div>
<p>Forename
<p>
<input type="text" name="forename" id="forename" placeholder="Enter Forename here">
<div id="surname_confirmation"> Please fill in this box </div>
<div id="surname_chars"> Don't use special characters</div>
<p>Surname
<p>
<input type="text" name="surname" id="surname" placeholder="Enter Surname here">
<div id="username_confirmation"> Please fill in this box </div>
<div id="username_chars"> Don't use special characters</div>
<p>Username
<p>
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" placeholder="Enter Username here">
<div id="pass_confirmation"> Please fill in this box </div>
<div id="pass_chars">Don't use special characters</div>
<p>Password
<p>
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" placeholder="Enter Password here">
<div id="repass_confirmation"> Passwords do not match </div>
<p>Re-enter Password
<p>
<input type="password" name="re_password" id="re_password" placeholder="Re-enter your password here">
<div id="email_confirmation"> Please enter a valid email </div>
<p>Email
<p>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" placeholder="Enter Email here">
<!--
<p>Gender<p>
<input type="radio" id="Male" name="Gender" value="Male">Male</input>
<input type="radio" id="Female" name="Gender" value="Female">Female</input>
-->
<button onclick="validate_form(event)" type="Submit" value="True" name="button-submit"> Submit </button>
<br />
<br />
Forgot your password?
<br />
Already got an account?
<br /><br />
</form>
<!-- <button onclick="validate_form()" type="submit"> Validate </button> -->
</div>
</body>
</head>
<script>
forename_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
forename_chars.style.visibility = 'hidden'
surname_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
surname_chars.style.visibility = 'hidden'
username_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
username_chars.style.visibility = 'hidden'
pass_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
pass_chars.style.visibility = 'hidden'
repass_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
email_confirmation.style.visibility = 'hidden'
</script>
</body>
</html>

If there is an validation error you need to prevent the event default behavior in order to prevent the browser from redirecting to target page (what you specified in the action attribute, or reloading the current page if not specified):
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event/preventDefault
Your second question: I guess its email.value.includes (as you already used in your code on an other point) and you whant to check the value not the HTML-Node itself.
You might also want to look in email regex validation which would match the requirements of an email validation way better than checking for "#" an "." e.g. https://www.w3resource.com/javascript/form/email-validation.php

Action attribute not working on JS validated form

The files are in the the correct locations, both the form page and form complete page are in the same folder. When I click submit, it validates the form correctly, but if everything is entered correctly and validates, it does nothing, just takes away the asterisks like it's supposed to in the js. I want it to link to the form_complete.html page after you hit submit and the validation runs, but after it validates nothing happens,
The html:
<form id="contactform" action="form_complete.html" method="post">
<p class = "labelp">
<label for="name">Name: </label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" placeholder="Enter your name" >
<span>*</span><br><br>
</p>
<p class = "labelp">
<label for="age">Age: </label>
<input type="text" min="18" max="100" name="age" id="age" placeholder="Enter your age">
<!-- using type=text so I can practice isNaN in js -->
<span>*</span><br><br>
</p>
<p class = "labelp"></p>
<label for="country">Country: </label>
<select name="country" id="country">
<option value ="">Select a country</option>
<option>USA</option>
<option>Canada</option>
<option>Mexico</option>
<option>Brazil</option>
<option>Japan</option>
<option>China</option>
<option>Other</option>
</select>
<span>*</span><br><br>
</p>
<p class = "labelp">
<label for="email">E-mail: </label>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" placeholder="Enter your E-mail">
<span>*</span><br><br>
</p>
<p class = "labelp">
<label for="bday">Birthday: </label>
<input type="date" name="bday" id="bday">
<span>*</span><br><br>
</p>
<p class = "labelp">
<label for="gender" id="gender">Gender: </label>
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="male" id="male"> Male
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="female" id="female"> Female
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="other" id="other"> Other
<br><br>
</p>
<label>Comments: </label>
<textarea rows="5" cols="30"> </textarea><br><br>
<input type="button" id="registerbtn" value="Submit">
<input type="button" id="resetbtn" value="Reset">
</form>
The javascript:
"use strict";
var $ = function(id) { return document.getElementById(id);};
var processEntries = function(){
var isValid = true;
// values
var name = $("name").value;
var age = $("age").value;
var country = $("country").value;
var email = $("email").value;
var bday = $("bday").value;
var gender = "";
if ($("male").checked){gender = "Male";}
if ($("female").checked){gender = "Female";}
if ($("other").checked){gender = "Other";}
console.log(gender); //check if gender buttons work
// name
if(name == ""){
$("name").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "This field is required!";
isValid = false;}
else{
$("name").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "";
}
// age
if(age == ""){
$("age").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "This field is required!";
isValid = false;
}
else if(isNaN(age)){
$("age").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "This field must be a number!";
isValid = false;
}
else{
$("age").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "";
}
//country
if(country == ""){
$("country").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "Please select a country!";
isValid = false;}
else{
$("country").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "";
}
//email
if(email == ""){
$("email").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "This field is required!";
isValid = false;}
else{
$("email").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "";
}
//birthday
if(bday == ""){
$("bday").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "This field is required!";
isValid = false;}
else{
$("bday").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "";
}
}
var resetForm = function(){
$("contactform").reset();
$("name").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "*";
$("age").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "*";
$("country").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "*";
$("email").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "*";
$("bday").nextElementSibling.firstChild.nodeValue = "*";
}
window.onload = function() {
$("registerbtn").onclick = processEntries;
$("resetbtn").onclick = resetForm;
$("name").focus();
}

Please put below condition at the end of "processEntries" function
if(isValid){
$("#contactform").submit();
}

Doing a web site with validation form

I currently trying to make a website with a validating booking form for a university a project about a university portal. It used to work with my javascript validation until I added to validate time. Problem is sumbit button not working when I add to validate time and whenever I remove it is working.
HTML and JavaScript
/** Validation Form**/
function validateFormOnSubmit(contact) {
reason = "";
reason += validateName(contact.name);
reason += validateEmail(contact.email);
reason += validatePhone(contact.phone);
reason += validateID(contact.id);
reason += validateWorkshop(contact.workshop);
reason += validateDate(contact.date);
console.log(reason);
if (reason.length > 0) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
/**Validate name**/
function validateName(name) {
var error = "";
if (name.value.length == 0) {
document.getElementById('name-error').innerHTML = "Please enter your First name.";
var error = "1";
} else {
document.getElementById('name-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate email as required field and format**/
function trim(s) {
return s.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/, '');
}
function validateEmail(email) {
var error = "";
var temail = trim(email.value);
var emailFilter = /^[^#]+#[^#.]+\.[^#]*\w\w$/;
var illegalChars = /[\(\)\<\>\,\;\:\\\"\[\]]/;
if (email.value == "") {
document.getElementById('email-error').innerHTML = "Please enter your Email address.";
var error = "2";
} else if (!emailFilter.test(temail)) { /**test email for illegal characters**/
document.getElementById('email-error').innerHTML = "Please enter a valid email address.";
var error = "3";
} else if (email.value.match(illegalChars)) {
var error = "4";
document.getElementById('email-error').innerHTML = "Email contains invalid characters.";
} else {
document.getElementById('email-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate phone for required and format**/
function validatePhone(phone) {
var error = "";
var stripped = phone.value.replace(/[\(\)\.\-\ ]/g, '');
if (phone.value == "") {
document.getElementById('phone-error').innerHTML = "Please enter your phone number";
var error = '6';
} else if (isNaN(parseInt(stripped))) {
var error = "5";
document.getElementById('phone-error').innerHTML = "The phone number contains illegal characters.";
} else if (stripped.length < 10) {
var error = "6";
document.getElementById('phone-error').innerHTML = "The phone number is too short.";
} else {
document.getElementById('phone-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate student ID**/
function validateID(id) {
var error = "";
if (id.value.length == 0) {
document.getElementById('id-error').innerHTML = "Please enter your ID.";
var error = "1";
} else {
document.getElementById('id-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate workshop select**/
function validateWorkshop(workshop) {
if ((contact.workshop[0].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[1].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[2].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[3].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[4].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[5].checked == false)) {
document.getElementById('workshop-error').innerHTML = "You must select a workshop";
var error = "2";
} else {
document.getElementById('workshop-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate date**/
function validateDate(date) {
var error = "";
if (date.value.length == 0) {
document.getElementById('date-error').innerHTML = "Please enter a date.";
var error = "1";
} else {
document.getElementById('date-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
<header>
<center><img src="portal2.png" style="width:1000px;height:100px;"></center>
<p align="right">
<a href=".pdf" download>
<font color="darkblue">
<font size="5"><b>Report</font></b></a>
</p>
</header>
<hr class="line">
<div class="topnav" id="myTopnav">
Home
Timetable
Book a workshop
Contact
</div>
<br>
<br>
<form id="contact" name="contact" onsubmit="return validateFormOnSubmit(this)" action="thankyou.html" method="post" target="_blank">
<div>
<label><u>First Name:</u></label><br>
<br>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" tabindex="1" autofocus />
<div id="name-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<label><u>Email:</u></label><br>
<br>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" tabindex="2" autofocus />
<div id="email-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<label><u>Phone:</u></label><br>
<br>
<input type="tel" name="phone" id="phone" tabindex="3" autofocus />
<div id="phone-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<label><u>Student ID:</u></label><br>
<br>
<input type="text" name="id" id="id" tabindex="4" autofocus />
<div id="id-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<div>
<label><u>Please Select a workshop to book:</u></label>
<br>
<br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="art" tabindex="5" autofocus />Art Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="computer" tabindex="6" autofocus />Computer Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="film" tabindex="7" autofocus />Film Production Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="music" tabindex="8" autofocus />Music Performance Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="journalism" tabindex="9" autofocus />Journalism Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="sociology" tabindex="10" autofocus />Sociology Workshop <br>
<div id="workshop-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<p><u>Enter the date you want to book the workshop:</u></p>
<input type="date" name="date" id="date" min="2017-10-01" tabindex="11" autofocus />
<div id="date-error" class="error"></div>
<br>
<br>
<div>
<button type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" tabindex="12">Sumbit</button>
</div>
</form>
<br>
<br>
<footer>University. Copyright © 2015
<br>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = Date();
</script>
<br>
</footer>
Any suggestions?

You should do this kind of thing with required.
<input type="email" required>
Note: The required attribute works with the following input types: text, search, url, tel, email, password, date pickers, number, checkbox, radio, and file.
(https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_required.asp)
There also exist pattern. For example, if you want to allow only six letters
<input type="text" pattern="[A-Za-z]{6}" required>
Here's a stackoverflow question that gives more information.

As i can see, the problem isn't on validateDate but on validateWorkshop. If you try to submit a blank form, without choosing a workshop, reason.length gets value 5. But if you pick a workshop, reason.length gets 13.
Not that i recomend your validation but to get this working, i just added a var error = ""; at the begining of validateWorkshop.
/** Validation Form**/
function validateFormOnSubmit(contact) {
reason = "";
reason += validateName(contact.name);
reason += validateEmail(contact.email);
reason += validatePhone(contact.phone);
reason += validateID(contact.id);
reason += validateWorkshop(contact.workshop);
reason += validateDate(contact.date);
console.log(reason);
if (reason.length > 0) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
/**Validate name**/
function validateName(name) {
var error = "";
if (name.value.length == 0) {
document.getElementById('name-error').innerHTML = "Please enter your First name.";
var error = "1";
} else {
document.getElementById('name-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate email as required field and format**/
function trim(s) {
return s.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/, '');
}
function validateEmail(email) {
var error = "";
var temail = trim(email.value);
var emailFilter = /^[^#]+#[^#.]+\.[^#]*\w\w$/;
var illegalChars = /[\(\)\<\>\,\;\:\\\"\[\]]/;
if (email.value == "") {
document.getElementById('email-error').innerHTML = "Please enter your Email address.";
var error = "2";
} else if (!emailFilter.test(temail)) { /**test email for illegal characters**/
document.getElementById('email-error').innerHTML = "Please enter a valid email address.";
var error = "3";
} else if (email.value.match(illegalChars)) {
var error = "4";
document.getElementById('email-error').innerHTML = "Email contains invalid characters.";
} else {
document.getElementById('email-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate phone for required and format**/
function validatePhone(phone) {
var error = "";
var stripped = phone.value.replace(/[\(\)\.\-\ ]/g, '');
if (phone.value == "") {
document.getElementById('phone-error').innerHTML = "Please enter your phone number";
var error = '6';
} else if (isNaN(parseInt(stripped))) {
var error = "5";
document.getElementById('phone-error').innerHTML = "The phone number contains illegal characters.";
} else if (stripped.length < 10) {
var error = "6";
document.getElementById('phone-error').innerHTML = "The phone number is too short.";
} else {
document.getElementById('phone-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate student ID**/
function validateID(id) {
var error = "";
if (id.value.length == 0) {
document.getElementById('id-error').innerHTML = "Please enter your ID.";
var error = "1";
} else {
document.getElementById('id-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate workshop select**/
function validateWorkshop(workshop) {
var error = "";
if ((contact.workshop[0].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[1].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[2].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[3].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[4].checked == false) && (contact.workshop[5].checked == false)) {
document.getElementById('workshop-error').innerHTML = "You must select a workshop";
var error = "2";
} else {
document.getElementById('workshop-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
/**Validate date**/
function validateDate(date) {
var error = "";
if (date.value.length == 0) {
document.getElementById('date-error').innerHTML = "Please enter a date.";
var error = "1";
} else {
document.getElementById('date-error').innerHTML = '';
}
return error;
}
<header>
<center><img src="portal2.png" style="width:1000px;height:100px;"></center>
<p align="right">
<a href=".pdf" download>
<font color="darkblue">
<font size="5"><b>Report</font></b></a>
</p>
</header>
<hr class="line">
<div class="topnav" id="myTopnav">
Home
Timetable
Book a workshop
Contact
</div>
<br>
<br>
<form id="contact" name="contact" onsubmit="return validateFormOnSubmit(this)" action="thankyou.html" method="post" target="_blank">
<div>
<label><u>First Name:</u></label><br>
<br>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" tabindex="1" autofocus />
<div id="name-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<label><u>Email:</u></label><br>
<br>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" tabindex="2" autofocus />
<div id="email-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<label><u>Phone:</u></label><br>
<br>
<input type="tel" name="phone" id="phone" tabindex="3" autofocus />
<div id="phone-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<label><u>Student ID:</u></label><br>
<br>
<input type="text" name="id" id="id" tabindex="4" autofocus />
<div id="id-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<div>
<label><u>Please Select a workshop to book:</u></label>
<br>
<br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="art" tabindex="5" autofocus />Art Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="computer" tabindex="6" autofocus />Computer Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="film" tabindex="7" autofocus />Film Production Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="music" tabindex="8" autofocus />Music Performance Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="journalism" tabindex="9" autofocus />Journalism Workshop <br>
<input type="radio" name="workshop" id="sociology" tabindex="10" autofocus />Sociology Workshop <br>
<div id="workshop-error" class="error"></div>
</div>
<br>
<p><u>Enter the date you want to book the workshop:</u></p>
<input type="date" name="date" id="date" min="2017-10-01" tabindex="11" autofocus />
<div id="date-error" class="error"></div>
<br>
<br>
<div>
<button type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" tabindex="12">Sumbit</button>
</div>
</form>
<br>
<br>
<footer>University. Copyright © 2015
<br>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = Date();
</script>
<br>
</footer>

registration form validation using javascript

Im partly there but it would be helpful if any of you guys could send the entire code .
1) Create a form with the below given fields and validate the same using javascript or jquery.
Name : Text box- mandatory
Gender : Radio Button
Age : Text box - Accept Number only - (check for valid Age criteria)
Email : Text box -  should be in format example#gmail.com
Website : Text box -  should be in format http://www.example.com
Country : Select box with 10 countries
Mobile :  Text box - should be a 10 digit number - Display this field only after the user selects a country
Social Media Accounts : Facebook, Google, Twitter (3 checkboxes) - Display Social media section only if selected Country is India
I agree the Terms and Conditions - Checkbox
All fields are mandatory and show error messages for all fields(if not valid)
Only allow to submit form after checking the 'I agree' checkbox.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Get Values Of Form Elements Using jQuery</title>
<!-- Include CSS File Here -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="form_value.css"/>
<!-- Include JS File Here -->
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="form_value.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#social").hide() ;
// $("#hide").click(function(){
// $("social").hide();
// });
// var country = document.getElementByName("country")[0].value;
// if (country.value == "India") {
// $("#show").click(function(){
//     $("social").show();
// });
// }
if (!(/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*#\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/).test(document.email_id.value)) {
alert("You have entered an invalid email address!")
return (false)
}
});
</script>
</head>
<body onload="disableSubmit()">
<div class="container">
<div class="main">
<h2>Get Values Of Form Elements Using jQuery</h2>
<form action="">
<!-- Text -->
<br>
<br>
<label>Name :</label>
<input type="text" id="text" name="name" value=""required/><br>
<!-- Radio Button -->
<br><br><br>
<label>Gender:</label>
<input type="radio" name="male" value="Male">Male
<input type="radio" name="female" value="Female">Female
<br><br>
<!-- Textarea -->
<label>Email :</label>
<input type="text" id="Email" value="" id="Email"/>
<br>
<br><br>
Age: <input type="text" id="Age" onkeypress="return IsNumeric(event);" ondrop="return false;" onpaste="return false;" />
<span id="error" style="color: Red; display: none">* Input digits (0 - 9)</span>
<br><br>
<label> Website:</label>
<input type="text" id="text" value="" name = "Website" id="website" />
<script type="text/javascript">
function validate() {
if(Website.value.length==0)
{
document.getElementById("Website").innerHTML="Should be in the format http://www.example.com ";
}
}
</script>
<br><br>
<label>Country:</label>
<select class="country" id = "country">
<option>Select</option>
<option value="usa">United States</option>
<option value="india">India</option>
<option value="uk">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="uae">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="germany">Germany</option>
<option value="france">France</option>
<option value="netherlands">Netherlands</option>
<option value="yemen">Yemen</option>
<option value="pakistan">Pakistan</option>
<option value="russia">Russia</option>
</select>
<br><br>
<label>Mobile:</label>
<input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" onkeypress="phoneno()" maxlength="10">
<script type="text/javascript">
function phoneno(){
$('#phone').keypress(function(e) {
var a = [];
var k = e.which;
for (i = 48; i < 58; i++)
a.push(i);
if (!(a.indexOf(k)>=0))
e.preventDefault();
});
}
</script>
<br><br>
<div id = "social" >
<p>Social Media Accounts.</p> <input type="checkbox" id="Facebook" value="Facebook"><label for="Facebook"> Facebook</label><br> <input type="checkbox" id="Google" value="Google"><label for="Google"> CSS</label><br> <input type="checkbox" id="Twitter" value="Twitter"><label for="Twitter"> Twitter</label><br>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<script>
function disableSubmit() {
document.getElementById("submit").disabled = true;
}
function activateButton(element) {
if(element.checked) {
document.getElementById("submit").disabled = false;
}
else {
document.getElementById("submit").disabled = true;
}
}
</script>
<input type="checkbox" name="terms" id="terms" onchange="activateButton(this)"> I Agree Terms & Coditions
<br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit">
</script>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>

this is my js page content form_value.js
$(document).ready(function() {
// Function to get input value.
$('#text_value').click(function() {
var text_value = $("#text").val();
if(text_value=='') {
alert("Enter Some Text In Input Field");
}else{
alert(text_value);
}
});
// Funtion to get checked radio's value.
$('#gender_value').click(function() {
$('#result').empty();
var value = $("form input[type='gender']:checked").val();
if($("form input[type='gender']").is(':checked')) {
$('#result').append("Checked Radio Button Value is :<span> "+ value +" </span>");
}else{
alert(" Please Select any Option ");
}
});
// Get value Onchange radio function.
$('input:gender').change(function(){
var value = $("form input[type='gender']:checked").val();
alert("Value of Changed Radio is : " +value);
});
// Funtion to reset or clear selection.
$('#radio_reset').click(function() {
$('#result').empty();
$("input:radio").attr("checked", false);
});
$('#Email').click(function() {
function validate(Email) {
var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\#([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za- z]{2,4})$/;
//var address = document.getElementById[email].value;
if (reg.test(email) == false)
{
alert('Should be in the format example#gmail.com');
return (false);
}
}
});
});
$("#Age").click(function() {
var specialKeys = new Array();
specialKeys.push(8); //Backspace
function IsNumeric(e) {
var keyCode = e.which ? e.which : e.keyCode
var ret = ((keyCode >= 48 && keyCode <= 57) || specialKeys.indexOf(keyCode) != -1);
document.getElementById("error").style.display = ret ? "none" : "inline";
return ret;
}
function handleChange(input) {
if (input.value < 0) input.value = 0;
if (input.value > 100) input.value = 100;
}
});
</script>

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script> function validateForm() {
var name = document.forms["myForm"]["fname"].value;
var gender = document.forms["myForm"]["gender"].value;
var age = document.forms["myForm"]["age"].value;
var a = parseInt(age);
var email = document.forms["myForm"]["email"].value;
var url = document.forms["myForm"]["website"].value;
var country = document.forms["myForm"]["country"].value;
var mobileCountry = document.forms["myForm"]["mobileCountry"].value;
var mcLength = mobileCountry.length;
if (name == "") {
alert("Name Field is mandatory");
return false;
}
if (gender != "male" && gender != "female") {
alert("Atleast one Gender has to be chosen");
return false;
}
if(isNaN(a)){
alert("Age is compulsory and must be a number");
return false;
}
if(email == ""){
alert("Email address is required");
}
else if(/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*#\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/.test(email)){
} else{
alert("Email address entered is invalid");
return false;
}
if(/^(ftp|http|https):\/\/[^ "]+$/.test(url)){
} else{
alert("Website url entered is invalid");
return false;
}
if(country != "choose"){
document.getElementById("mc").style.display = "block";
} else{
document.getElementById("mc").style.display = "none";
}
if(mcLength != 10){
alert("Number must be ten digits");
return false;
}
} function displaySocial(){ var social =
document.getElementById("social");
var mc = document.getElementById("mobileCountry");
var country = document.getElementById("country");
var selectedValue = country.options[country.selectedIndex].value;
if (selectedValue != "choose") {
if(selectedValue == "india"){
if(social.style.display = "none"){
social.style.display = "block";
} else{
social.style.display = "none";
} } else{
social.style.display = "none"; }
if(mc.style.display = "none"){
mc.style.display = "block";
} else{
mc.style.display = "none"; } } else{
mc.style.display = "none"; }
} </script> </head> <body> <form name="myForm" action="/action_page_post.php" onsubmit="return validateForm()" method="post"> Name: <input type="text" name="fname"><br> Gender: <input type="radio" name="gender" value="male"> Male <input type="radio" value="female" name="gender"> Female <br> age: <input type="text" name="age"><br> email: <input type="text" name="email"><br> website: <input type="text" name="website"><br> country: <select type="text" name="country" id="country" onclick="displaySocial()"><option value="choose">--choose--</option><option value="usa">USA</option><option value="uk">UK</option><option value="ng">Nigeria</option><option value="india">India</option></select><br> <span id="mobileCountry" style="display: none;">mobile country: <input type="text" name="mobileCountry"><br></span> <span id="social" style="display: none;">Social Media: <input type="radio" name="gender"> Facebook <input type="radio" name="gender"> Google <input type="radio" name="gender"> Twitter</span> <br> <p> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form> <p id="error"></p> </body> </html>