Removing required info from account setup

[scdavis74]

Can anyone tell me how to remove the validation of the following fields from the account setup:

 

-Gender

-Date of Birth

-Telephone # (want to make optional)

-Fax #

 

I have figured out how to remove these items from the form by changing their values to 'false' in create_account.php, however when the form is submitted, it still tries to validate these fields. So what I really need to know is how to adjust how OsCommerce validates this form. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[shooter-boy]

Can anyone tell me how to remove the validation of the following fields from the account setup:

 

-Gender

-Date of Birth

-Telephone # (want to make optional)

-Fax #

 

I have figured out how to remove these items from the form by changing their values to 'false' in create_account.php, however when the form is submitted, it still tries to validate these fields. So what I really need to know is how to adjust how OsCommerce validates this form. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

 

You will find the validation at the top of catalog/includes/create_account.php

 

There will be something like:

if (strlen(var) < MIN_LENGTH) {
 $error blah blah
}

 

just remove it for those variables.

Sorry i don't have the exact code as i'm not in my office.

Rob

[scdavis74]

You will find the validation at the top of catalog/includes/create_account.php

 

There will be something like:

if (strlen(var) < MIN_LENGTH) {
 $error blah blah
}

 

just remove it for those variables.

Sorry i don't have the exact code as i'm not in my office.

Rob

 

Thank you for the help. Your suggestion worked, however with the phone number, I need to leave that there but just make it optional so that it's not being validated. I tried your suggestion with this but it still makes it required. Any suggestions?