# Form Validation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-validation/10793>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [January 7, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-validation/10793 "2003-01-07T15:58:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![garem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@garem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garem)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/form-validation/10793/1 "2003-01-07T15:58:46Z")

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Can someone please tell me why this validation won’t work in vers 5?

function Send() {  
if (\_root.firstname == ‘’) {  
loadMovie(“fname-error.swf”, 1);  
stop();  
} else if (\_root.lastname == ‘’) {  
loadMovie(“lname-error.swf”, 1);  
stop();  
} else if (isNan(day\_telephone)) {  
loadMovie(“phone-error.swf”, 1);  
stop();  
} else if (\_root.email == ‘’ || \_root.email.indexOf(’.’, 0) == -1 || \_root.email.indexOf(’@’, 0) == -1) {  
loadMovie(“email-error.swf”, 1);  
stop();  
} else if (\_root.maxrent == ‘’) {  
loadMovie(“rent-error.swf”, 1);  
stop();  
} else if (\_root.bedrooms == ‘’) {  
loadMovie(“bedrooms-error.swf”, 1);  
stop();  
} else if (\_root.movedate == ‘’) {  
loadMovie(“date-error.swf”, 1);  
stop();  
} else if (\_root.myVar\<1) {  
loadMovie(“check-error.swf”, 1);  
stop();  
} else {  
getURL(“[http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/](http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/)”, “\_parent”, “POST”);  
}  
}