[Resolved] Require first and last name in a User Form

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[PiotrO586]

Hi,

I need to have first and last name required on user registration and editing forms.

I used the following code:

function required_user_account_fields( $field, $computed_values ) {
	if ( in_array( $field[ 'id' ], array( 'first_name', 'last_name' ) ) ) {
		$field[ 'data' ][ 'validate' ][ 'required' ] = array(
			'active' => 1,
			'value' => 1
		);
	}
	return $field;

}
add_filter( 'cred_filter_field_before_add_to_form', 'required_user_account_fields', 10, 2 );

But after updating Toolset to the newest version it doesn't seem to work anymore.

[Christian Cox]

Hi, please replace your code with this alternate version. It includes a couple of improvements that may resolve the issue:

add_filter('cred_filter_field_before_add_to_form', 'required_user_fields_func', 10, 2);
function required_user_fields_func($field, $computed_values){
  if(in_array($field['id'], array('first_name', 'last_name'))){
    $field['data'] = is_array($field['data']) ? $field['data'] : array();
    $field['data']['validate']['required'] = array (
      'active' => 1,
      'value' => 1,
      'message' => 'This field is required'
    );
  }
  return $field;
}

If this does not seem to help, please tell me more about what happens. Is the form shown at all? Is an error logged anywhere? Can you submit the form without the first or last name?

[PiotrO586]

Thanks Christian, that helped.

[PiotrO586]

Dear Christian, although one more think related to your answer, how to make 'This field is required' translatable?

[Christian Cox]

You can use this code to register the string for translation with WPML String Translation or another translation system:

add_filter('cred_filter_field_before_add_to_form', 'required_user_fields_func', 10, 2);
function required_user_fields_func($field, $computed_values){
  if(in_array($field['id'], array('first_name', 'last_name'))){
    $field['data'] = is_array($field['data']) ? $field['data'] : array();
    $field['data']['validate']['required'] = array (
      'active' => 1,
      'value' => 1,
      'message' => __('This field is required', 'your-theme-context');
    );
  }
  return $field;
}

You can use any custom context to manage the translation of this string.

[PiotrO586]

Thank you!