Blank values for hidden fields on form submission

[wolispace]

We have an Email field for the user to enter their email address in.

Its visibility is controlled by a radio button on the form "Do you want to be contacted"

If the user entered a dodgy email address eg "NA" then toggles the visibility of the Email field OFF:

1. It passed initial validation as its not visible
2. trying to send the email notification fails and we get an admin alert: Email "NA" does not comply with addr-spec of RFC 2822.

Is there a way of blanking the Email field if its not visible when the Submit button is pressed?

The only Rules I can see toggle visibility not content.

Craft Pro 4.12.5
Freeform 5.6.3

[gustavs-gutmanis]

Hi @wolispace

We're using this library to validate emails, as well as a check for @ and a . in the domain part of the email.

All of the validations happen in the backend, so it can't be bypassed in the front-end. Could you describe how your Email Field is set up, please? And is it possible for you to reproduce the same NA value when filling out the form?

Edit:

I see that it might be caused by a person filling in the email field and then having a rule hiding it - in that case, the validation is skipped. We will look into this issue, to make sure the notifications aren't triggered if the field has been hidden by rules.

[wolispace]

Yes, thats right, the email is incorrectly filled in, then a rule is applied that hides the email (use selectes a lightwitch to bot be contacted), but the validation is still applied on submission.

Two options I can think of:

1. blank all values when a rule to hide any field is applied.
2. check the visibility, at submit time, of all fields before applying validation.

Thanks