Title: setting date picker required doesn't work Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # setting date picker required doesn't work * [BenMurphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmurphy/) * (@benmurphy) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/) * I’m having an issue whereby setting the datepicker as a required field doesn’t seem to work. The form can be submitted with the datepicker still left blank. Any ideas? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-datepicker/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-datepicker/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/page/2/?output_format=md) * [ravimane1991](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravimane1991/) * (@ravimane1991) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856009) * same problem here ..plase help * [inse71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inse71/) * (@inse71) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856012) * I have te same matter, expexting solutions * [ximrx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ximrx/) * (@ximrx) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856026) * Date and Time fields are not becoming required with [date* and [time*. And forms are submitting successfully with empty date and time. * [rogerbattersby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogerbattersby/) * (@rogerbattersby) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856037) * Same problem here. * I’m sure it was working previously, so I guess a recent CF7 update has broken this? * [lapoguidi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lapoguidi/) * (@lapoguidi) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856043) * Hi, I experienced the same problem, but I solved changing few rows of code in Contact Form 7 Datepicker plugin, using CF7 author informations in Contact Form 7 v4.1 beta pages. * After I save a backup copy of the original code, in **/wp-content/plugins/contact- form-7-datepicker/modules/datetime.php** I changed starting from line 124: * ``` if ('datetime*' == $type && empty($value)) { $result['valid'] = false; $result['reason'][$name] = wpcf7_get_message('invalid_required'); } if (! empty($value) && ! self::is_valid_date($value)) { $result['valid'] = false; $result['reason'][$name] = wpcf7_get_message('invalid_datetime'); } ``` * in that way: * ``` if ('datetime*' == $type && empty($value)) { $result['valid'] = false; $result['reason'] = array($name => wpcf7_get_message('invalid_required')); } if (! empty($value) && ! self::is_valid_date($value)) { $result['valid'] = false; $result['reason'] = array($name => wpcf7_get_message('invalid_datetime')); } ``` * Then I changed also **date.php** (from line 119) and **time.php** (from line 119) files in that similar way. * I hope this helps, also if it’s not a perfect solution because change the original code, anyway I’ll wait for plugin author to update this great plugin. * [makinmemrees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makinmemrees/) * (@makinmemrees) * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856045) * Thanks lapoguidi that worked perfectly! * [wzshop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wzshop/) * (@wzshop) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856047) * Thank you! * [victormontesdeo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/victormontesdeo/) * (@victormontesdeo) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856048) * GENIUS lapoguidi!! * [hotelijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hotelijer/) * (@hotelijer) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856051) * I have tried to solve the prblem the way lapoguidi suggested but it doesn’t work. Any ideas? Im using version od CF7 datepicker 2.4.5. Thank you in advance. * [Alfonso Catrón](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alfonso100/) * (@alfonso100) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856064) * thank you lapoguidi! it worked like a charm * [kasynych](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kasynych/) * (@kasynych) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856066) * In case if the code above does not work, then try to change same code: * ``` if ('datetime*' == $type && empty($value)) { $result['valid'] = false; $result['reason'][$name] = wpcf7_get_message('invalid_required'); } if (! empty($value) && ! self::is_valid_date($value)) { $result['valid'] = false; $result['reason'][$name] = wpcf7_get_message('invalid_datetime'); } ``` * to * ``` if ('datetime*' == $type && empty($value)) { $result->invalidate($tag,wpcf7_get_message('invalid_required')); } if (! empty($value) && ! self::is_valid_date($value)) { $result->invalidate($tag,wpcf7_get_message('invalid_datetime')); } ``` * That’s obviously for new version of wpcf7 * [darfil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darfil/) * (@darfil) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856079) * this second version works for me! thank you a lot! 🙂 * [Ananth JP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ananth-jp/) * (@ananth-jp) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856080) * second version works for me. Thanks very much [@kasynych](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kasynych/). * [adibtp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adibtp/) * (@adibtp) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856081) * It worked great with 1st option! Thanks a lot lapoguidi! * [sixtyseven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixtyseven/) * (@sixtyseven) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/#post-5856082) * Second version works like a charm. Thank you. * In case someone is interested in conditional loading of CSS/JS of this plugin, this is what I came up with. Open contact-form-7-datepicker.php and add this function to the class: * ``` function check_shortcode() { $form_found = false; global $post, $wpdb; // determine whether this page contains "contact-form-7" shortcode if ( has_shortcode($post->post_content, 'contact-form-7') ) { $form_found = true; } else if ( isset($post->ID) ) { $result = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT count(*) FROM $wpdb->postmeta " . "WHERE post_id = %d and meta_value LIKE '%%contact-form-7%%'", $post->ID ) ); $form_found = ! empty( $result ); } return $form_found; } ``` * After that, you can control the loading of css and js by modify the responsible functions like this: * ``` public static function enqueue_js() { $regional = CF7_DateTimePicker::get_regional_match(); $proto = is_ssl() ? 'https' : 'http'; $form_found = self::check_shortcode(); if($form_found || is_admin()) { if (! empty($regional )) { wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-ui-' . $regional, $proto . '://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/' . self::JQUERYUI_VERSION . '/i18n/datepicker-' . $regional . '.min.js', array('jquery-ui-datepicker'), self::JQUERYUI_VERSION, true ); wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-ui-timepicker-' . $regional, plugins_url('js/jquery-ui-timepicker/i18n/jquery-ui-timepicker-' . $regional . '.js', __FILE__), array('jquery-ui-timepicker'), '', true ); } wp_enqueue_script('jquery-ui-datepicker'); wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-ui-timepicker', plugins_url('js/jquery-ui-timepicker/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.min.js', __FILE__), array('jquery-ui-datepicker'), '', true ); wp_enqueue_script('jquery-ui-slider'); wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-ui-slider-access', plugins_url('js/jquery-ui-sliderAccess.js', __FILE__), array('jquery-ui-slider', 'jquery-ui-button'), '', true ); wp_register_script( 'jquery-ui-effect-core', plugins_url('js/jquery.ui.effect.min.js', __FILE__), array('jquery-ui-datepicker'), self::JQUERYUI_VERSION, true ); foreach (CF7_DateTimePicker::$effects as $effect) { wp_register_script( 'jquery-ui-effect-' . $effect, plugins_url('js/jquery.ui.effect-' . $effect . '.min.js', __FILE__), array('jquery-ui-effect-core'), self::JQUERYUI_VERSION, true ); } } } public static function enqueue_css() { $form_found = self::check_shortcode(); if($form_found === true) { wp_enqueue_style( 'jquery-ui-theme', self::get_theme_uri(), '', self::JQUERYUI_VERSION, 'all' ); wp_enqueue_style( 'jquery-ui-timepicker', plugins_url('js/jquery-ui-timepicker/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.min.css', __FILE__) ); } } ``` Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘setting date picker required doesn't work’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/contact-form-7-datepicker.svg) * [Contact Form 7 Datepicker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-datepicker/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-datepicker/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-datepicker/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-datepicker/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-datepicker/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-datepicker/reviews/) * 18 replies * 19 participants * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-date-picker-required-doesnt-work/page/2/#post-5856088) * Status: not resolved