WordPress Plugin: validated-field-for-acf

This plugin will create an add-on field wrapper for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF in the WordPress Plugin Repository) that will give you additional validation functionality – PHP functions, regular expression, input field masking, and uniqueness (post type/meta key, meta key, or site-wide). You can find and install the plugin from the WordPress repository, located at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/validated-field-for-acf/.

UPDATED: This plugin is compatible with Advanced Custom Fields 4 & 5

The plugin code

This file is always up to date based on the trunk of the WordPress.org SVN repository.

validated_field.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Advanced Custom Fields: Validated Field
Plugin URI: http://www.doublesharp.com/
Description: Server side validation, input masking and more for Advanced Custom Fields
Author: Justin Silver
Version: 1.7.7
Author URI: http://doublesharp.com/
*/

if ( ! defined( 'ACF_VF_VERSION' ) )
	define( 'ACF_VF_VERSION', '1.7.7' );

if ( !defined('ACF_VF_PLUGIN_FILE') )
	define( 'ACF_VF_PLUGIN_FILE', __FILE__ );

// Load the add-on field once the plugins have loaded, but before init (this is when ACF registers the fields)
if ( ! function_exists( 'register_acf_validated_field' ) ):	
	function register_acf_validated_field(){
		// create field
		include_once 'validated_field_v4.php';
	}
	function include_acf_validated_field(){
		// create field
		include_once 'validated_field_v5.php';
	}

	add_action( 'acf/include_fields', 'include_acf_validated_field' );
	add_action( 'acf/register_fields', 'register_acf_validated_field' );

	function load_textdomain_acf_vf() {
		load_plugin_textdomain( 'acf_vf', false, dirname( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ) . '/languages/' );
	}
	add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'load_textdomain_acf_vf' );
endif;

validated_field_v4.php

<?php
if ( class_exists( 'acf_Field' ) && ! class_exists( 'acf_field_validated_field' ) ):
class acf_field_validated_field extends acf_field {
	// vars
	var $slug,
		$config,
		$settings,					// will hold info such as dir / path
		$defaults,					// will hold default field options
		$sub_defaults,				// will hold default sub field options
		$debug,						// if true, don't use minified and confirm form submit					
		$drafts,
		$frontend;

	/*
	*  __construct
	*
	*  Set name / label needed for actions / filters
	*
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*/
	function __construct(){
		// vars
		$this->slug 	= 'acf-validated-field';
		$this->strbool 	= array( 'true' => true, 'false' => false );
		$this->config 	= array(
			'acf_vf_debug' => array(
				'type' 		=> 'checkbox',
				'default' 	=> 'false',
				'label'  	=> __( 'Enable Debug', 'acf_vf' ),
				'help' 		=> __( 'Check this box to turn on debugging for Validated Fields.', 'acf_vf' ),
			),
			'acf_vf_drafts' => array(
				'type' 		=> 'checkbox',
				'default' 	=> 'true',
				'label'  	=> __( 'Enable Draft Validation', 'acf_vf' ),
				'help' 		=> __( 'Check this box to enable Draft validation globally, or uncheck to allow it to be set per field.', 'acf_vf' ),
			),
			'acf_vf_frontend' => array(
				'type' 		=> 'checkbox',
				'default' 	=> 'false',
				'label'  	=> __( 'Enable Front-End Validation', 'acf_vf' ),
				'help'		=> __( 'Check this box to turn on validation for front-end forms created with', 'acf_vf' ) . ' <code>acf_form()</code>.',
			),
			'acf_vf_frontend_css' => array(
				'type' 		=> 'checkbox',
				'default' 	=> 'true',
				'label'  	=> __( 'Enqueue Admin CSS on Front-End', 'acf_vf' ),
				'help' 		=> __( 'Uncheck this box to turn off "colors-fresh" admin theme enqueued by', 'acf_vf' ) . ' <code>acf_form_head()</code>.',
			),
		);
		$this->name		= 'validated_field';
		$this->label 	= __( 'Validated Field', 'acf_vf' );
		$this->category	= __( 'Basic', 'acf' );
		$this->drafts	= $this->option_value( 'acf_vf_drafts' );
		$this->frontend = $this->option_value( 'acf_vf_frontend' );
		$this->frontend_css = $this->option_value( 'acf_vf_frontend_css' );
		$this->debug 	= $this->option_value( 'acf_vf_debug' );

		$this->defaults = array(
			'read_only' => false,
			'mask'		=> '',
			'mask_autoclear' => true,
			'mask_placeholder' => '_',
			'function'	=> 'none',
			'pattern'	=> '',
			'message'	=>  __( 'Validation failed.', 'acf_vf' ),
			'unique'	=> 'non-unique',
			'unique_statuses' => apply_filters( 'acf_vf/unique_statuses', array( 'publish', 'future' ) ),
			'drafts'	=> true,
		);

		$this->sub_defaults = array(
			'type'		=> '',
			'key'		=> '',
			'name'		=> '',
			'_name'		=> '',
			'id'		=> '',
			'value'		=> '',
			'field_group' => '',
		);

		$this->input_defaults = array(
			'id'		=> '',
			'value'		=> '',
		);

		// do not delete!
		parent::__construct();

		// settings
		$this->settings = array(
			'path'		=> apply_filters( 'acf/helpers/get_path', __FILE__ ),
			'dir'		=> apply_filters( 'acf/helpers/get_dir', __FILE__ ),
			'version'	=> ACF_VF_VERSION,
		);

		if ( is_admin() || $this->frontend ){ // admin actions
			// ACF 5.0+ http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/filters/acf-validate_value/
			add_action( 'wp_ajax_validate_fields', array( $this, 'ajax_validate_fields' ) );

			add_action( $this->frontend? 'wp_head' : 'admin_head', array( $this, 'input_admin_head' ) );
			if ( ! is_admin() && $this->frontend ){
				if ( ! $this->frontend_css ){
					add_action( 'acf/input/admin_enqueue_scripts',  array( $this, 'remove_acf_form_style' ) );
				}

				add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_validate_fields', array( $this, 'ajax_validate_fields' ) );
				add_action( 'wp_head', array( $this, 'ajaxurl' ), 1 );
				add_action( 'wp_head', array( $this, 'input_admin_enqueue_scripts' ), 1 );
			}
			if ( is_admin() ){
				add_action( 'admin_init', array( $this, 'admin_register_settings' ) );
				add_action( 'admin_menu', array( $this, 'admin_add_menu' ), 11 );
			}
		}
	}

	function option_value( $key ){
		return ( false !== $option = get_option( $key ) )?
			$option == $this->config[$key]['default'] :
			$this->strbool[$this->config[$key]['default']];
	}

	function ajaxurl(){
		?>
		<script type="text/javascript">var ajaxurl = '<?php echo admin_url('admin-ajax.php'); ?>';</script>
		<?php
	}

	function admin_add_menu(){
		$page = add_submenu_page( 'edit.php?post_type=acf', __( 'Validated Field Settings', 'acf_vf' ), __( 'Validated Field Settings', 'acf_vf' ), 'manage_options', $this->slug, array( &$this,'admin_settings_page' ) );
	}

	function admin_register_settings(){
		foreach ( $this->config as $key => $value ) {
			register_setting( $this->slug, $key );
		}
	}

	function admin_settings_page(){
		?>
		<div class="wrap">
		<h2>Validated Field Settings</h2>
		<form method="post" action="options.php">
		    <?php settings_fields( $this->slug ); ?>
		    <?php do_settings_sections( $this->slug ); ?>
			<table class="form-table">
			<?php foreach ( $this->config as $key => $value ) { ?>
				<tr valign="top">
					<th scope="row"><?php echo $value['label']; ?></th>
					<td>
						<input type="checkbox" id="<?php echo $key; ?>" name="<?php echo $key; ?>" value="<?php echo $value['default']; ?>" <?php if ( $this->option_value( $key ) ) echo 'checked'; ?>/>
						<small><em><?php echo $value['help']; ?></em></small>
					</td>
				</tr>
			<?php } ?>
			</table>
		    <?php submit_button(); ?>
		</form>
		</div>
    	<?php
	}

	function remove_acf_form_style(){
		wp_dequeue_style( array( 'colors-fresh' ) );
	}

	function setup_field( $field ){
		// setup booleans, for compatibility
		$field['read_only'] = ( false == $field['read_only'] || 'false' === $field['read_only'] )? false : true;
		$field['drafts'] = ( false == $field['drafts'] || 'false' === $field['drafts'] )? false : true;
		$field =  array_merge( $this->defaults, $field );


		$sub_field = isset( $field['sub_field'] )? 
			$field['sub_field'] :	// already set up
			array();				// create it
		// mask the sub field as the parent by giving it the same key values
		foreach( array( 'key', 'name', '_name', 'id', 'value', 'field_group' ) as $key ){
			$sub_field[$key] = isset( $field[$key] )? $field[$key] : '';
		}

		$field['sub_field'] = array_merge( $this->sub_defaults, $sub_field );

		return $field;
	}

	function setup_sub_field( $field ){
		return $field['sub_field'];
	}

	/*
	*  get_post_statuses()
	*
	*  Get the various post statuses that have been registered
	*
	*  @type		function
	*
	*/
	function get_post_statuses() {
		global $wp_post_statuses;
		return $wp_post_statuses;
	}

	/*
	*  ajax_validate_fields()
	*
	*  Parse the input when a page is submitted to determine if it is valid or not.
	*
	*  @type		ajax action
	*
	*/
	function ajax_validate_fields() {
		$post_id = isset( $_REQUEST['post_id'] )?				// the submitted post_id
			$_REQUEST['post_id'] : 
			0;
		$post_type = get_post_type( $post_id );					// the type of the submitted post
		$frontend = isset( $_REQUEST['frontend'] )?
			$_REQUEST['frontend'] :
			false;

		$click_id =  isset( $_REQUEST['click_id'] )? 			// the ID of the clicked element, for drafts/publish
			$_REQUEST['click_id'] : 
			'publish';

		// the validated field inputs to process
		$inputs = ( isset( $_REQUEST['fields'] ) && is_array( $_REQUEST['fields'] ) )? 
			$_REQUEST['fields'] : 
			array();

		header( 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK' );							// be positive!
		header( 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=' . get_option( 'blog_charset' ) );
		$return_fields = array();								// JSON response to the client
		foreach ( $inputs as $i=>$input ){						// loop through each field
			// input defaults
			$input = array_merge( $this->input_defaults, $input );
			$valid = true;										// wait for a any test to fail

			// extract the field key
			preg_match( '/\\[([^\\]]*?)\\](\\[(\d*?)\\]\\[([^\\]]*?)\\])?/', $input['id'], $matches );
			$key = isset( $matches[1] )? $matches[1] : false;	// the key for this ACF
			$index = isset( $matches[3] )? $matches[3] : false;	// the field index, if it is a repeater
			$sub_key = isset( $matches[4] )? $matches[4] : false; // the key for the sub field, if it is a repeater

			// load the field config, set defaults
			$field = $this->setup_field( get_field_object( $key, $post_id ) );
			
			// if it's a repeater field, get the validated field so we can do meta queries...
			if ( $is_repeater = ( 'repeater' == $field['type'] && $index ) ){
				foreach ( $field['sub_fields'] as $repeater ){
					$repeater = $this->setup_field( $repeater );
					$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $repeater );
					if ( $sub_key == $sub_field['key'] ){
						$parent_field = $field;					// we are going to map down a level, but track the top level field
						$field = $repeater;						// the '$field' should be the Validated Field
						break;
					}
					$sub_field = false;							// in case it isn't the right one
				}
			} else {
				// the wrapped field
				$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $field );
			}

			$value = $input['value'];							// the submitted value
			if ( $field['required'] && empty( $value ) ){
				continue;										// let the required field handle it
			}

			if ( $click_id != 'publish' && !$field['drafts'] ){
				continue;										// we aren't publishing and we don't want to validate drafts
			}
			
			$function = $field['function'];						// what type of validation?
			$pattern = $field['pattern'];						// string to use for validation
			$message = $field['message'];						// failure message to return to the UI
			if ( ! empty( $function ) && ! empty( $pattern ) ){
				switch ( $function ){							// only run these checks if we have a pattern
					case 'regex':								// check for any matches to the regular expression
						$pattern_fltr = '/' . str_replace( "/", "\/", $pattern ) . '/';
						if ( ! preg_match( $pattern_fltr, $value ) ){
							$valid = false;						// return false if there are no matches
						}
						break;
					case 'sql':									// todo: sql checks?
						break;
					case 'php':									// this code is a little tricky, one bad eval() can break the lot. needs a nonce.
						$this_key = $field['name'];
						if ( $is_repeater ) $this_key .= '_' . $index . '_' . $sub_sub_field['name'];

						// get the fields based on the keys and then index by the meta value for easy of use
						$input_fields = array();
						foreach ( $input_fields as $key => $val ){
							if ( $false !== ( $input_field = get_field_object( $key, $post_id ) ) ){
								$meta_key = $input_field['name'];
								$input_fields[$meta_key] = array(
									'field'=>$input_field,
									'value'=>$val,
									'prev_val'=>get_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_key, true )
								);
							}
						}

						// it gets tricky but we are trying to account for an capture bad php code where possible
						$pattern = addcslashes( trim( $pattern ), '$' );
						if ( substr( $pattern, -1 ) != ';' ) $pattern.= ';';

						$value = addslashes( $value );

						// not yet saved to the database, so this is the previous value still
						$prev_value = addslashes( get_post_meta( $post_id, $this_key, true ) );

						$function_name = 'validate_' . preg_replace( '~[\\[\\]]+~', '_', $input['id'] ) . 'function';
						
						$php = <<<PHP
if ( ! function_exists( '$function_name' ) ):
function $function_name( \$args, &\$message ){
	extract( \$args );
	try {
		\$code = <<<INNERPHP
		$pattern return true;
INNERPHP;
		return @eval( \$code );
	} catch ( Exception \$e ){
		\$message = "Error: ".\$e->getMessage(); return false;
	}
}
endif; // function_exists
\$valid = $function_name( array( 'post_id'=>'$post_id', 'post_type'=>'$post_type', 'this_key'=>'$this_key', 'value'=>'$value', 'prev_value'=>'$prev_value', 'inputs'=>\$input_fields ), \$message );
PHP;

						if ( true !== eval( $php ) ){			// run the eval() in the eval()
							$error = error_get_last();			// get the error from the eval() on failure
							// check to see if this is our error or not.
							if ( strpos( $error['file'], basename( __FILE__ ) ) && strpos( $error['file'], "eval()'d code" ) ){
								preg_match( '/eval\\(\\)\'d code\\((\d+)\\)/', $error['file'], $matches );
								$message = __( 'PHP Error', 'acf_vf' ) . ': ' . $error['message'] . ', line ' . $matches[1] . '.';
								$valid = false;
							} 
						}
						// if a string is returned, return it as the error.
						if ( is_string( $valid ) ){
							$message = $valid;
							$valid = false;
						}
						break;
				}
			} elseif ( ! empty( $function ) && $function != 'none' ) {
				$message = __( 'This field\'s validation is not properly configured.', 'acf_vf' );
				$valid = false;
			}
				
			$unique = $field['unique'];
			if ( $valid && ! empty( $value ) && ! empty( $unique ) && $unique != 'non-unique' ){
				global $wpdb;
				$status_in = "'" . implode( "','", $field['unique_statuses'] ) . "'";

				// WPML compatibility, get code list of active languages
				if ( function_exists( 'icl_object_id' ) ){
					$languages = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT code FROM {$wpdb->prefix}icl_languages WHERE active = 1", ARRAY_A );
					$wpml_ids = array();
					foreach( $languages as $lang ){
						$wpml_ids[] = (int) icl_object_id( $post_id, $post_type, true, $lang['code'] );
					}
					$post_ids = array_unique( $wpml_ids );
				} else {
					$post_ids = array( (int) $post_id );
				}

				$sql_prefix = "SELECT pm.meta_id AS meta_id, pm.post_id AS post_id, p.post_title AS post_title FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} pm JOIN {$wpdb->posts} p ON p.ID = pm.post_id AND p.post_status IN ($status_in)";
				switch ( $unique ){
					case 'global': 
						// check to see if this value exists anywhere in the postmeta table
						$sql = $wpdb->prepare( 
							"{$sql_prefix} AND post_id NOT IN ([NOT_IN]) WHERE ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )",
							$value,
							'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
						);
						break;
					case 'post_type':
						// check to see if this value exists in the postmeta table with this $post_id
						$sql = $wpdb->prepare( 
							"{$sql_prefix} AND p.post_type = %s AND post_id NOT IN ([NOT_IN]) WHERE ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )", 
							$post_type,
							$value,
							'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
						);
						break;
					case 'post_key':
						// check to see if this value exists in the postmeta table with both this $post_id and $meta_key
						if ( $is_repeater ){
							$this_key = $parent_field['name'] . '_' . $index . '_' . $field['name'];
							$meta_key = $parent_field['name'] . '_%_' . $field['name'];
							$sql = $wpdb->prepare(
								"{$sql_prefix} AND p.post_type = %s WHERE ( ( post_id NOT IN ([NOT_IN]) AND meta_key != %s AND meta_key LIKE %s ) OR ( post_id NOT IN ([NOT_IN]) AND meta_key LIKE %s ) ) AND ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )", 
								$post_type,
								$this_key,
								$meta_key,
								$meta_key,
								$value,
								'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
							);
						} else {
							$sql = $wpdb->prepare( 
								"{$sql_prefix} AND p.post_type = %s AND post_id NOT IN ([NOT_IN]) WHERE meta_key = %s AND ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )", 
								$post_type,
								$field['name'],
								$value,
								'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
							);
						}
						break;
					default:
						// no dice, set $sql to null
						$sql = null;
						break;
				}

				// Only run if we hit a condition above
				if ( ! empty( $sql ) ){

					// Update the [NOT_IN] values
					$sql = $this->prepare_not_in( $sql, $post_ids );

					// Execute the SQL
					$rows = $wpdb->get_results( $sql );
					if ( count( $rows ) ){
						// We got some matches, but there might be more than one so we need to concatenate the collisions
						$conflicts = "";
						foreach ( $rows as $row ){
							$permalink = ( $frontend )? get_permalink( $row->post_id ) : "/wp-admin/post.php?post={$row->post_id}&action=edit";
							$conflicts.= "<a href='{$permalink}' style='color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;'>{$row->post_title}</a>";
							if ( $row !== end( $rows ) ) $conflicts.= ', ';
						}
						$message = __( 'The value', 'acf_vf' ) . " '$value' " . __( 'is already in use by', 'acf_vf' ) . " {$conflicts}.";
						$valid = false;
					}
				}
			}

			$return_fields[] = array(
				'id'		=> $input['id'],
				'message'	=> true === $valid? '' : ! empty( $message )? htmlentities( $message, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8' ) : __( 'Validation failed.', 'acf_vf' ),
				'valid'		=> $valid,
			);
		}
		
		// Send the results back to the browser as JSON
		die( version_compare( phpversion(), '5.3', '>=' )? 
			json_encode( $return_fields, $this->debug? JSON_PRETTY_PRINT : 0 ) :
			json_encode( $return_fields ) );
	}

	private function prepare_not_in( $sql, $post_ids ){
		global $wpdb;
		$not_in_count = substr_count( $sql, '[NOT_IN]' );
		if ( $not_in_count > 0 ){
			$args = array( str_replace( '[NOT_IN]', implode( ', ', array_fill( 0, count( $post_ids ), '%d' ) ), str_replace( '%', '%%', $sql ) ) );
			for ( $i=0; $i < substr_count( $sql, '[NOT_IN]' ); $i++ ) { 
				$args = array_merge( $args, $post_ids );
			}
			$sql = call_user_func_array( array( $wpdb, 'prepare' ), $args );
		}
		return $sql;
	}

	/*
	*  create_options()
	*
	*  Create extra options for your field. This is rendered when editing a field.
	*  The value of $field['name'] can be used (like below) to save extra data to the $field
	*
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$field	- an array holding all the field's data
	*/
	function create_options( $field ){
		// defaults?
		$field = $this->setup_field( $field );

		// key is needed in the field names to correctly save the data
		$key = $field['name'];
		$html_key = preg_replace( '~[\\[\\]]+~', '_', $key );
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $field );
		$sub_field['name'] = $key . '][sub_field';

		// get all of the registered fields for the sub type drop down
		$fields_names = apply_filters( 'acf/registered_fields', array() );

		// remove types that don't jive well with this one
		unset( $fields_names[__( 'Layout', 'acf' )] );
		unset( $fields_names[__( 'Basic', 'acf' )][ 'validated_field' ] );

		?>
		<tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?> field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?>_readonly" id="field_option_<?php echo $html_key; ?>_readonly">
			<td class="label"><label><?php _e( 'Read Only?', 'acf_vf' ); ?> </label>
			</td>
			<td><?php 
			do_action( 'acf/create_field', array(
				'type'	=> 'radio',
				'name'	=> 'fields['.$key.'][read_only]',
				'value'	=> ( false == $field['read_only'] || 'false' === $field['read_only'] )? 'false' : 'true',
				'choices' => array(
					'true'	=> __( 'Yes', 'acf_vf' ),
					'false' => __( 'No', 'acf_vf' ),
				),
				'class' => 'horizontal'
			));
			?>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?> field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?>_readonly" id="field_option_<?php echo $html_key; ?>_drafts">
			<td class="label"><label><?php _e( 'Validate Drafts/Preview?', 'acf_vf' ); ?> </label>
			</td>
			<td><?php 
			do_action( 'acf/create_field', array(
				'type'	=> 'radio',
				'name'	=> 'fields['.$key.'][drafts]',
				'value'	=> ( false == $field['drafts'] || 'false' === $field['drafts'] )? 'false' : 'true',
				'choices' => array(
					'true'	=> __( 'Yes', 'acf_vf' ),
					'false' => __( 'No', 'acf_vf' ),
				),
				'class' => 'horizontal'
			));

			if ( ! $this->drafts ){
				echo '<em>';
				_e( 'Warning', 'acf_vf' );
				echo ': <code>ACF_VF_DRAFTS</code> ';
				_e( 'has been set to <code>false</code> which overrides field level configurations', 'acf_vf' );
				echo '.</em>';
			}
			?>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?>">
			<td class="label"><label><?php _e( 'Validated Field', 'acf_vf' ); ?> </label>
			<script type="text/javascript">
			</script>
			</td>
			<td>
				<div class="sub-field">
					<div class="fields">
						<div class="field sub_field acf-sub_field">
							<div class="field_form">
								<table class="acf_input widefat">
									<tbody>
										<tr class="field_type">
											<td class="label"><label><span class="required">*</span> <?php _e( 'Field Type', 'acf' ); ?>
											</label></td>
											<td><?php
											// Create the drop down of field types
											do_action( 'acf/create_field', array(
												'type'	=> 'select',
												'name'	=> 'fields[' . $key . '][sub_field][type]',
												'value'	=> $sub_field['type'],
												'class'	=> 'type',
												'choices' => $fields_names
											));

											// Create the default sub field settings
											do_action( 'acf/create_field_options', $sub_field );
											?>
											</td>
										</tr>
										<tr class="field_save">
											<td class="label">
											</td>
											<td></td>
										</tr>
									</tbody>
								</table>
							</div>
							<!-- End Form -->
						</div>
					</div>
				</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?> non_read_only">
			<td class="label"><label><?php _e( 'Input Mask', 'acf_vf' ); ?></label></td>
			<td><?php _e( 'Use &#39;a&#39; to match A-Za-z, &#39;9&#39; to match 0-9, and &#39;*&#39; to match any alphanumeric.', 'acf_vf' ); ?> 
				<a href="http://digitalbush.com/projects/masked-input-plugin/" target="_new"><?php _e( 'More info', 'acf_vf' ); ?></a>.
				<?php 
				do_action( 'acf/create_field', 
					array(
						'type'	=> 'text',
						'name'	=> 'fields[' . $key . '][mask]',
						'value'	=> $field['mask'],
						'class'	=> 'input-mask'
					)
				);
				?><br />
				<label for="">Autoclear invalid values: </label>
				<?php 
				do_action( 'acf/create_field', 
					array(
						'type'	=> 'radio',
						'name'	=> 'fields[' . $key . '][mask_autoclear]',
						'value'	=> $field['mask_autoclear'],
						'layout'	=>	'horizontal',
						'choices' => array(
							true => 'Yes',
							false => 'No'
						),
						'class'	=> 'mask-settings'
					)
				);
				?><br />
				<label for="">Input mask placeholder: </label>
				<?php 
				do_action( 'acf/create_field', 
					array(
						'type'	=> 'text',
						'name'	=> 'fields[' . $key . '][mask_placeholder]',
						'value'	=> $field['mask_placeholder'],
						'class'	=> 'mask-settings'
					)
				);
				?><br />
				<strong><em><?php _e( 'Input masking is not compatible with the "number" field type!', 'acf_vf' ); ?><em></strong>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?> non_read_only">
			<td class="label"><label><?php _e( 'Validation: Function', 'acf_vf' ); ?></label></td>
			<td><?php _e( "How should the field be server side validated?", 'acf_vf' ); ?><br />
				<?php 
				do_action( 'acf/create_field', 
					array(
						'type'	=> 'select',
						'name'	=> 'fields[' . $key . '][function]',
						'value'	=> $field['function'],
						'choices' => array(
							'none'	=> __( 'None', 'acf_vf' ),
							'regex' => __( 'Regular Expression', 'acf_vf' ),
							//'sql'	=> __( 'SQL Query', 'acf_vf' ),
							'php'	=> __( 'PHP Statement', 'acf_vf' ),
						),
						'optgroup' => true,
						'multiple' => '0',
						'class' => 'validated_select',
					)
				);
				?>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?> field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?>_validation non_read_only" id="field_option_<?php echo $html_key; ?>_validation">
			<td class="label"><label><?php _e( 'Validation: Pattern', 'acf_vf' ); ?></label>
			</td>
			<td>
				<div id="validated-<?php echo $html_key; ?>-info">
					<div class='validation-type regex'>
						<?php _e( 'Pattern match the input using', 'acf_vf' ); ?> <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php" target="_new">PHP preg_match()</a>.
						<br />
					</div>
					<div class='validation-type php'>
						<ul>
							<li><?php _e( "Use any PHP code and return true or false. If nothing is returned it will evaluate to true.", 'acf_vf' ); ?></li>
							<li><?php _e( 'Available variables', 'acf_vf' ); ?> - <b>$post_id</b>, <b>$post_type</b>, <b>$name</b>, <b>$value</b>, <b>$prev_value</b>, <b>&amp;$message</b> (<?php _e('returned to UI', 'acf_vf' ); ?>).</li>
							<li><?php _e( 'Example', 'acf_vf' ); ?>: <code>if ( empty( $value ) || $value == "xxx" ){  return "{$value} is not allowed"; }</code></li>
						</ul>
					</div>
					<div class='validation-type sql'>
						<?php _e( 'SQL', 'acf_vf' ); ?>.
						<br />
					</div>
				</div> 
				<?php
				do_action( 'acf/create_field', array(
					'type'	=> 'textarea',
					'name'	=> 'fields['.$key.'][pattern]',
					'value'	=> $field['pattern'],
					'class' => 'editor'					 
				)); 
				?>
				<div id="acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_editor" style="height:200px;"><?php echo $field['pattern']; ?></div>

			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?> field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?>_message non_read_only" id="field_option_<?php echo $html_key; ?>_message">
			<td class="label"><label><?php _e( 'Validation: Error Message', 'acf_vf' ); ?></label>
			</td>
			<td><?php 
			do_action( 'acf/create_field', 
				array(
					'type'	=> 'text',
					'name'	=> 'fields['.$key.'][message]',
					'value'	=> $field['message'],
				)
			); 
			?>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?> non_read_only">
			<td class="label"><label><?php _e( 'Unique Value?', 'acf_vf' ); ?> </label>
			</td>
			<td>
			<div id="validated-<?php echo $html_key; ?>-unique">
			<p><?php _e( 'Make sure this value is unique for...', 'acf_vf' ); ?><br/>
			<?php 

			do_action( 'acf/create_field', 
				array(
					'type'	=> 'select',
					'name'	=> 'fields[' . $key . '][unique]',
					'value'	=> $field['unique'],
					'choices' => array(
						'non-unique'=> __( 'Non-Unique Value', 'acf_vf' ),
						'global'	=> __( 'Unique Globally', 'acf_vf' ),
						'post_type'	=> __( 'Unique For Post Type', 'acf_vf' ),
						'post_key'	=> __( 'Unique For Post Type', 'acf_vf' ) . ' + ' . __( 'Field/Meta Key', 'acf_vf' ),
					),
					'optgroup'	=> false,
					'multiple'	=> '0',
					'class'		=> 'validated-select',
				)
			);
			?>
			</p>
			<div class="unique_statuses">
			<p><?php _e( 'Unique Value: Apply to...?', 'acf_vf'); ?><br/>
			<?php
			$statuses = $this->get_post_statuses();
			$choices = array();
			foreach ( $statuses as $value => $status ) {
				$choices[$value] = $status->label;
			}

			do_action( 'acf/create_field', 
				array(
					'type'	=> 'checkbox',
					'name'	=> 'fields['.$key.'][unique_statuses]',
					'value'	=> $field['unique_statuses'],
					'choices' => $choices,
				)
			); 
			?></p>
			</div>
			</div>
			<script type="text/javascript">
			jQuery(document).ready(function(){
				jQuery("#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_pattern").hide();

		    	ace.require("ace/ext/language_tools");
				ace.config.loadModule('ace/snippets/snippets');
				ace.config.loadModule('ace/snippets/php');
				ace.config.loadModule("ace/ext/searchbox");

				var editor = ace.edit("acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_editor");
				editor.setTheme("ace/theme/monokai");
				editor.getSession().setMode("ace/mode/text");
				editor.getSession().on('change', function(e){
					var val = editor.getValue();
					var func = jQuery('#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_function').val();
					if (func=='php'){
						val = val.substr(val.indexOf('\n')+1);
					} else if (func=='regex'){
						if (val.indexOf('\n')>0){
							editor.setValue(val.trim().split('\n')[0]);
						}
					}
					jQuery("#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_pattern").val(val);
				});
				jQuery("#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_editor").data('editor', editor);

				jQuery('#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_function').on('change',function(){
					jQuery('#validated-<?php echo $html_key; ?>-info div').hide(300);
					jQuery('#validated-<?php echo $html_key; ?>-info div.'+jQuery(this).val()).show(300);
					if (jQuery(this).val()!='none'){
						jQuery('#validated-<?php echo $html_key; ?>-info .field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?>_validation').show();
					} else {
						jQuery('#validated-<?php echo $html_key; ?>-info .field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?>_validation').hide();
					}
					var sPhp = '<'+'?'+'php';
					var editor = jQuery('#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_editor').data('editor');
					var val = editor.getValue();
					if (jQuery(this).val()=='none'){
						jQuery('#field_option_<?php echo $html_key; ?>_validation, #field_option_<?php echo $html_key; ?>_message').hide(300);
					} else {
						if (jQuery(this).val()=='php'){
							if (val.indexOf(sPhp)!=0){
								editor.setValue(sPhp +'\n' + val);
							}
							editor.getSession().setMode("ace/mode/php");
							jQuery("#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_editor").css('height','420px');

							editor.setOptions({
								enableBasicAutocompletion: true,
								enableSnippets: true,
								enableLiveAutocompletion: true
							});
						} else {
							if (val.indexOf(sPhp)==0){
								editor.setValue(val.substr(val.indexOf('\n')+1));
							}
							editor.getSession().setMode("ace/mode/text");
							jQuery("#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_editor").css('height','18px');
							editor.setOptions({
								enableBasicAutocompletion: false,
								enableSnippets: false,
								enableLiveAutocompletion: false
							});
						}
						editor.resize();
						editor.gotoLine(1, 1, false);
						jQuery('#field_option_<?php echo $html_key; ?>_validation, #field_option_<?php echo $html_key; ?>_message').show(300);
					}
				});

				jQuery('#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_unique').on('change',function(){
					var unqa = jQuery('#validated-<?php echo $html_key; ?>-unique .unique_statuses');
					var val = jQuery(this).val();
					if (val=='non-unique'||val=='') { unqa.hide(300); } else { unqa.show(300); }
				});

				// update ui
				jQuery('#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_function').trigger('change');
				jQuery('#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_unique').trigger('change');
				jQuery('#acf-field-<?php echo $html_key; ?>_sub_field_type').trigger('change');
			});
			</script>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<?php
	}

	/*
	*  create_field()
	*
	*  Create the HTML interface for your field
	*
	*  @param	$field - an array holding all the field's data
	*
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*/
	function create_field( $field ){
		global $post, $pagenow;
		$is_new = $pagenow=='post-new.php';
		$field = $this->setup_field( $field );
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $field );

		// filter to determine if this field should be rendered or not
		$render_field = apply_filters( 'acf_vf/render_field', true, $field, $is_new );

		// if it is not rendered, hide the label with CSS
		if ( ! $render_field ): ?>
			<style>div[data-key="<?php echo $sub_field['key']; ?>"] { display: none; }</style>
		<?php
		// if it is shown either render it normally or as read-only
		else : ?>
			<div class="validated-field">
				<?php
				if ( $field['read_only'] ){
					?>
					<p><?php 
					ob_start();
					do_action( 'acf/create_field', $sub_field ); 
					$contents = ob_get_contents();
					$contents = preg_replace("~<(input|textarea|select)~", "<\${1} disabled=true readonly", $contents );
					$contents = preg_replace("~acf-hidden~", "acf-hidden acf-vf-readonly", $contents );
					ob_end_clean();
					echo $contents;
					?></p>
					<?php
				} else {
					do_action( 'acf/create_field', $sub_field ); 
				}
				?>
			</div>
			<?php
			if ( ! empty( $field['mask'] ) && ( $is_new || ( isset( $field['read_only'] ) && ! $field['read_only'] ) ) ) { ?>
				<script type="text/javascript">
					jQuery(function($){
						$('div[data-field_key="<?php echo $field['key']; ?>"] input').each( function(){
							$(this).mask("<?php echo $field['mask']?>", {
								autoclear: <?php echo isset( $field['mask_autoclear'] ) && empty( $field['mask_autoclear'] )? 'false' : 'true'; ?>,
								placeholder: '<?php echo isset( $field['mask_placeholder'] )? $field['mask_placeholder'] : '_'; ?>'
							});
						});
					});
				</script>
			<?php
			}
		endif;
	}

	/*
	*  input_admin_enqueue_scripts()
	*
	*  This action is called in the admin_enqueue_scripts action on the edit screen where your field is created.
	*  Use this action to add css + javascript to assist your create_field() action.
	*
	*  $info	http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/admin_enqueue_scripts
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*/
	function input_admin_enqueue_scripts(){
		// register acf scripts
		$min = ( ! $this->debug )? '.min' : '';

		wp_register_script( 'acf-validated-field', plugins_url( "js/input{$min}.js", __FILE__ ), array( 'jquery' ), $this->settings['version'] );
		wp_register_script( 'jquery-masking', plugins_url( "js/jquery.maskedinput{$min}.js", __FILE__ ), array( 'jquery' ), $this->settings['version']);
		wp_register_script( 'sh-core', plugins_url( 'js/shCore.js', __FILE__ ), array( 'acf-input' ), $this->settings['version'] );
		wp_register_script( 'sh-autoloader', plugins_url( 'js/shAutoloader.js', __FILE__ ), array( 'sh-core' ), $this->settings['version']);
		
		// enqueue scripts
		wp_enqueue_script( array(
			'jquery',
			'jquery-ui-core',
			'jquery-ui-tabs',
			'jquery-masking',
			'acf-validated-field',
		));
		if ( $this->debug ){ 
			add_action( $this->frontend? 'wp_head' : 'admin_head', array( &$this, 'debug_head' ), 20 );
		}
		if ( ! $this->drafts ){ 
			add_action( $this->frontend? 'wp_head' : 'admin_head', array( &$this, 'drafts_head' ), 20 );
		}
		if ( $this->frontend && ! is_admin() ){
			add_action( 'wp_head', array( &$this, 'frontend_head' ), 20 );
		}
	}

	function debug_head(){
		// set debugging for javascript
		echo '<script type="text/javascript">vf.debug=true;</script>';
	}

	function drafts_head(){
		// don't validate drafts for anything
		echo '<script type="text/javascript">vf.drafts=false;</script>';
	}

	function frontend_head(){
		// indicate that this is validating the front end
		echo '<script type="text/javascript">vf.frontend=true;</script>';
	}

	/*
	*  input_admin_head()
	*
	*  This action is called in the admin_head action on the edit screen where your field is created.
	*  Use this action to add css and javascript to assist your create_field() action.
	*
	*  @info	http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/admin_head
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*/
	function input_admin_head(){
		wp_enqueue_style( 'font-awesome', plugins_url( 'css/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css', __FILE__ ), array(), '4.2.0' ); 
		wp_enqueue_style( 'acf-validated_field', plugins_url( 'css/input.css', __FILE__ ), array( 'acf-input' ), ACF_VF_VERSION ); 

	}
	/*
	*  field_group_admin_enqueue_scripts()
	*
	*  This action is called in the admin_enqueue_scripts action on the edit screen where your field is edited.
	*  Use this action to add css + javascript to assist your create_field_options() action.
	*
	*  $info	http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/admin_enqueue_scripts
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*/
	function field_group_admin_enqueue_scripts(){
		wp_enqueue_script( 'ace-editor', plugins_url( 'js/ace/ace.js', __FILE__ ), array(), '1.1.7' );
		wp_enqueue_script( 'ace-ext-language_tools', plugins_url( 'js/ace/ext-language_tools.js', __FILE__ ), array(), '1.1.7' );
	}

	/*
	*  field_group_admin_head()
	*
	*  This action is called in the admin_head action on the edit screen where your field is edited.
	*  Use this action to add css and javascript to assist your create_field_options() action.
	*
	*  @info	http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/admin_head
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*/
	function field_group_admin_head(){ }

	/*
	*  load_value()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $value after it is loaded from the db
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$value - the value found in the database
	*  @param	$post_id - the $post_id from which the value was loaded from
	*  @param	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$value - the value to be saved in te database
	*/
	function load_value( $value, $post_id, $field ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		return apply_filters( 'acf/load_value/type='.$sub_field['type'], $value, $post_id, $sub_field );
	}

	/*
	*  update_value()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $value before it is updated in the db
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$value - the value which will be saved in the database
	*  @param	$post_id - the $post_id of which the value will be saved
	*  @param	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$value - the modified value
	*/
	function update_value( $value, $post_id, $field ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		return apply_filters( 'acf/update_value/type='.$sub_field['type'], $value, $post_id, $sub_field );
	}

	/*
	*  format_value()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $value after it is loaded from the db and before it is passed to the create_field action
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$value	- the value which was loaded from the database
	*  @param	$post_id - the $post_id from which the value was loaded
	*  @param	$field	- the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$value	- the modified value
	*/
	function format_value( $value, $post_id, $field ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		return apply_filters( 'acf/format_value/type='.$sub_field['type'], $value, $post_id, $sub_field );
	}

	/*
	*  format_value_for_api()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $value after it is loaded from the db and before it is passed back to the api functions such as the_field
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$value	- the value which was loaded from the database
	*  @param	$post_id - the $post_id from which the value was loaded
	*  @param	$field	- the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$value	- the modified value
	*/
	function format_value_for_api( $value, $post_id, $field ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		return apply_filters( 'acf/format_value_for_api/type='.$sub_field['type'], $value, $post_id, $sub_field );
	}

	/*
	*  load_field()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $field after it is loaded from the database
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*/
	function load_field( $field ){
		global $currentpage;
		$field = $this->setup_field( $field );
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $field );
		$sub_field = apply_filters( 'acf/load_field/type='.$sub_field['type'], $sub_field );

		// The relationship field gets settings from the sub_field so we need to return it since it effectively displays through this method.
		if ( isset( $_POST['action'] ) && $_POST['action'] == 'acf/fields/relationship/query_posts' ){
			// Bug fix, if the taxonomy is "all" just omit it from the filter.
			if ( $sub_field['taxonomy'][0] == 'all' ){
				unset( $sub_field['taxonomy']);
			}
			return $sub_field;
		}

		$field['sub_field'] = $sub_field;
		if ( $field['read_only'] && $currentpage == 'edit.php' ){
			$field['label'] .= ' <i class="fa fa-ban" style="color:red;" title="'. __( 'Read only', 'acf_vf' ) . '"></i>';
		}
		return $field;
	}

	/*
	*  update_field()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $field before it is saved to the database
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*  @param	$post_id - the field group ID (post_type = acf)
	*
	*  @return	$field - the modified field
	*/
	function update_field( $field, $post_id ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		$sub_field = apply_filters( 'acf/update_field/type='.$sub_field['type'], $sub_field, $post_id );
		$field['sub_field'] = $sub_field;
		return $field;
	}
}

new acf_field_validated_field();
endif;

validated_field_v5.php

<?php
if ( class_exists( 'acf_Field' ) && ! class_exists( 'acf_field_validated_field' ) ):
class acf_field_validated_field extends acf_field {
	//static final NL = "\n";
	// vars
	var $slug,
		$config,
		$settings,					// will hold info such as dir / path
		$defaults,					// will hold default field options
		$sub_defaults,				// will hold default sub field options
		$debug,						// if true, don't use minified and confirm form submit					
		$drafts,
		$frontend;

	/*
	*  __construct
	*
	*  Set name / label needed for actions / filters
	*
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*/
	function __construct(){
		// vars
		$this->slug 	= 'acf-validated-field';
		$this->strbool 	= array( 'true' => true, 'false' => false );
		$this->config 	= array(
			'acf_vf_debug' => array(
				'type' 		=> 'checkbox',
				'default' 	=> 'false',
				'label'  	=> __( 'Enable Debug', 'acf_vf' ),
				'help' 		=> __( 'Check this box to turn on debugging for Validated Fields.', 'acf_vf' ),
			),
			'acf_vf_drafts' => array(
				'type' 		=> 'checkbox',
				'default' 	=> 'true',
				'label'  	=> __( 'Enable Draft Validation', 'acf_vf' ),
				'help' 		=> __( 'Check this box to enable Draft validation globally, or uncheck to allow it to be set per field.', 'acf_vf' ),
			),
			'acf_vf_frontend' => array(
				'type' 		=> 'checkbox',
				'default' 	=> 'true',
				'label'  	=> __( 'Enable Front-End Validation', 'acf_vf' ),
				'help'		=> __( 'Check this box to turn on validation for front-end forms created with', 'acf_vf' ) . ' <code>acf_form()</code>.',
			),
			'acf_vf_frontend_css' => array(
				'type' 		=> 'checkbox',
				'default' 	=> 'true',
				'label'  	=> __( 'Enqueue Admin CSS on Front-End', 'acf_vf' ),
				'help' 		=> __( 'Uncheck this box to turn off "colors-fresh" admin theme enqueued by', 'acf_vf' ) . ' <code>acf_form_head()</code>.',
			),
		);
		$this->name		= 'validated_field';
		$this->label 	= __( 'Validated Field', 'acf_vf' );
		$this->category	= __( 'Basic', 'acf' );
		$this->drafts	= $this->option_value( 'acf_vf_drafts' );
		$this->frontend = $this->option_value( 'acf_vf_frontend' );
		$this->frontend_css = $this->option_value( 'acf_vf_frontend_css' );
		$this->debug 	= $this->option_value( 'acf_vf_debug' );

		$this->defaults = array(
			'read_only' => false,
			'mask'		=> '',
			'mask_autoclear' => true,
			'mask_placeholder' => '_',
			'function'	=> 'none',
			'pattern'	=> '',
			'message'	=>  __( 'Validation failed.', 'acf_vf' ),
			'unique'	=> 'non-unique',
			'unique_statuses' => apply_filters( 'acf_vf/unique_statuses', array( 'publish', 'future' ) ),
			'drafts'	=> true,
		);

		$this->sub_defaults = array(
			'type'		=> '',
			'key'		=> '',
			'name'		=> '',
			'_name'		=> '',
			'id'		=> '',
			'value'		=> '',
			'field_group' => '',
			'readonly' => '',
			'disabled' => '',
		);

		$this->input_defaults = array(
			'id'		=> '',
			'value'		=> '',
		);

		// do not delete!
		parent::__construct();

		// settings
		$this->settings = array(
			'path'		=> apply_filters( 'acf/helpers/get_path', __FILE__ ),
			'dir'		=> apply_filters( 'acf/helpers/get_dir', __FILE__ ),
			'version'	=> ACF_VF_VERSION,
		);

		if ( is_admin() || $this->frontend ){ // admin actions

			// bug fix for acf with backslashes in the content.
			add_filter( 'content_save_pre', array( $this, 'fix_post_content' ) );
			add_filter( 'acf/get_valid_field', array( $this, 'fix_upgrade' ) );

			// override the default ajax actions to provide our own messages since they aren't filtered
			add_action( 'init', array( $this, 'add_acf_ajax_validation' ) );

			if ( ! is_admin() && $this->frontend ){
				if ( ! $this->frontend_css ){
					add_action( 'acf/input/admin_enqueue_scripts',  array( $this, 'remove_acf_form_style' ) );
				}

				add_action( 'wp_head', array( $this, 'set_post_id_to_acf_form' ) );
				add_action( 'wp_head', array( $this, 'input_admin_enqueue_scripts' ), 1 );
			}
			if ( is_admin() ){
				add_action( 'admin_init', array( $this, 'admin_register_settings' ) );
				add_action( 'admin_menu', array( $this, 'admin_add_menu' ), 11 );
				add_action( 'admin_head', array( $this, 'admin_head' ) );
				// add the post_ID to the acf[] form
				add_action( 'edit_form_after_editor', array( $this, 'edit_form_after_editor' ) );
			}

			if ( is_admin() || $this->frontend ){
				// validate validated_fields
				add_filter( "acf/validate_value/type=validated_field", array( $this, 'validate_field' ), 10, 4 );
			}
		}
	}

	function fix_upgrade( $field ){
		// the $_POST will tell us if this is an upgrade
		$is_5_upgrade = 
			isset( $_POST['action'] ) && $_POST['action'] == 'acf/admin/data_upgrade' && 
			isset( $_POST['version'] ) && $_POST['version'] == '5.0.0';

		// if it is an upgrade recursively fix the field values
		if ( $is_5_upgrade ){
			$field = $this->do_recursive_slash_fix( $field );
		}

		return $field;
	}

	function fix_post_content( $content ){
		global $post;

		// are we saving a field group?
		$is_field_group = get_post_type() == 'acf-field-group';

		// are we saving a field group?
		$is_field = get_post_type() == 'acf-field';

		// are we upgrading to ACF 5?
		$is_5_upgrade = 
			isset( $_POST['action'] ) && $_POST['action'] == 'acf/admin/data_upgrade' && 
			isset( $_POST['version'] ) && $_POST['version'] == '5.0.0';

		// if we are, we need to check the values for single, but not double, backslashes and make them double
		if ( $is_field || $is_field_group || $is_5_upgrade ){
			$content = $this->do_slash_fix( $content );
		}

		return $content;
	}

	function do_slash_fix( $string ){
		if ( preg_match( '~(?<!\\\\)\\\\(?!\\\\)~', $string ) ){
			$string = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $string );
		}
		if ( preg_match( '~\\\\\\\\"~', $string ) ){
			$string = str_replace('\\\\"', '\\"', $string );
		}
		return $string;
	}

	function do_recursive_slash_fix( $array ){
		// loop through all levels of the array
		foreach( $array as $key => &$value ){
			if ( is_array( $value ) ){
				// div deeper
				$value = $this->do_recursive_slash_fix( $value );
			} elseif ( is_string( $value ) ){
				// fix single backslashes to double
				$value = $this->do_slash_fix( $value );
			}
		}

		return $array;
	}

	function add_acf_ajax_validation(){
		global $acf;
		if ( version_compare( $acf->settings['version'], '5.2.6', '<' ) ){
			remove_all_actions( 'wp_ajax_acf/validate_save_post' );
			remove_all_actions( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_acf/validate_save_post' );
		}
		add_action( 'wp_ajax_acf/validate_save_post',			array( $this, 'ajax_validate_save_post') );
		add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_acf/validate_save_post',	array( $this, 'ajax_validate_save_post') );
	}

	function set_post_id_to_acf_form(){
		global $post;
		?>

		<script type="text/javascript">
		jQuery(document).ready(function(){
			jQuery('form.acf-form').append('<input type="hidden" name="acf[post_ID]" value="<?php echo $post->ID; ?>"/>');
			jQuery('form.acf-form').append('<input type="hidden" name="acf[frontend]" value="true"/>');
		});
		</script>

		<?php
	}

	function edit_form_after_editor( $post ){
		echo "<input type='hidden' name='acf[post_ID]' value='{$post->ID}'/>";
	}

	function option_value( $key ){
		return ( false !== $option = get_option( $key ) )?
			$option == $this->config[$key]['default'] :
			$this->strbool[$this->config[$key]['default']];
	}

	function admin_head(){
		global $typenow, $acf;

		$min = ( ! $this->debug )? '.min' : '';
		if ( $this->is_edit_page() && "acf-field-group" == $typenow ){
			wp_register_script( 'acf-validated-field-admin', plugins_url( "js/admin{$min}.js", __FILE__ ), array( 'jquery', 'acf-field-group' ), ACF_VF_VERSION );	
		}
		if ( version_compare( $acf->settings['version'], '5.2.6', '<' ) ){
			wp_register_script( 'acf-validated-field-group', plugins_url( "js/field-group{$min}.js", __FILE__ ), array( 'jquery', 'acf-field-group' ), ACF_VF_VERSION );
		}
		wp_enqueue_script( array(
			'jquery',
			'acf-validated-field-admin',
			'acf-validated-field-group',
		));	
	}

	function admin_add_menu(){
		$page = add_submenu_page( 'edit.php?post_type=acf-field-group', __( 'Validated Field Settings', 'acf_vf' ), __( 'Validated Field Settings', 'acf_vf' ), 'manage_options', $this->slug, array( &$this,'admin_settings_page' ) );		
	}

	function admin_register_settings(){
		foreach ( $this->config as $key => $value ) {
			register_setting( $this->slug, $key );
		}
	}

	function admin_settings_page(){
		?>
		<div class="wrap">
		<h2>Validated Field Settings</h2>
		<form method="post" action="options.php">
		    <?php settings_fields( $this->slug ); ?>
		    <?php do_settings_sections( $this->slug ); ?>
			<table class="form-table">
			<?php foreach ( $this->config as $key => $value ) { ?>
				<tr valign="top">
					<th scope="row"><?php echo $value['label']; ?></th>
					<td>
						<input type="checkbox" id="<?php echo $key; ?>" name="<?php echo $key; ?>" value="<?php echo $value['default']; ?>" <?php if ( $this->option_value( $key ) ) echo 'checked'; ?>/>
						<small><em><?php echo $value['help']; ?></em></small>
					</td>
				</tr>
			<?php } ?>
			</table>
		    <?php submit_button(); ?>
		</form>
		</div>
    	<?php
	}

	function remove_acf_form_style(){
		wp_dequeue_style( array( 'colors-fresh' ) );
	}

	function setup_field( $field ){
		// setup booleans, for compatibility
		$field = acf_prepare_field( array_merge( $this->defaults, $field ) );

		// set up the sub_field
		$sub_field = isset( $field['sub_field'] )? 
			$field['sub_field'] :	// already set up
			array();				// create it

		// mask the sub field as the parent by giving it the same key values
		foreach( $field as $key => $value ){
			if ( in_array( $key, array( 'sub_field', 'type' ) ) )
				continue;
			$sub_field[$key] = $value;
		}

		// these fields need some special formatting
		$sub_field['_input'] = $field['prefix'].'['.$sub_field['key'].']';
		$sub_field['name'] = $sub_field['_input'];
		$sub_field['id'] = str_replace( '-acfcloneindex', '', str_replace( ']', '', str_replace( '[', '-', $sub_field['_input'] ) ) );

		// make sure all the defaults are set
		$field['sub_field'] = array_merge( $this->sub_defaults, $sub_field );

		return $field;
	}

	function setup_sub_field( $field ){
		return $field['sub_field'];	
	}

	/*
	*  get_post_statuses()
	*
	*  Get the various post statuses that have been registered
	*
	*  @type		function
	*
	*/
	function get_post_statuses() {
		global $wp_post_statuses;
		return $wp_post_statuses;
	}

	/*
	*  ajax_validate_save_post()
	*
	*  Override the default acf_input()->ajax_validate_save_post() to return a custom validation message
	*
	*  @type		function
	*
	*/
	function ajax_validate_save_post() {
		
		// validate
		if ( ! isset( $_POST['_acfnonce'] ) ) {
			// ignore validation, this form $_POST was not correctly configured
			die();
		}
		
		// success
		if ( acf_validate_save_post() ) {
			$json = array(
				'result'	=> 1,
				'message'	=> __( 'Validation successful', 'acf' ),
				'errors'	=> 0
			);
			
			die( json_encode( $json ) );
		}
		
		// fail
		$json = array(
			'result'	=> 0,
			'message'	=> __( 'Validation failed', 'acf' ),
			'errors'	=> acf_get_validation_errors()
		);

		// update message
		$i = count( $json['errors'] );
		$json['message'] .= '. ' . sprintf( _n( '1 field below is invalid.', '%s fields below are invalid.', $i, 'acf_vf' ), $i ) . ' ' . __( 'Please check your values and submit again.', 'acf_vf' );
		
		die( json_encode( $json ) );
	}

	function validate_field( $valid, $value, $field, $input ) {
		if ( ! $valid )
			return $valid;

		// get ID of the submit post or cpt, allow null for options page
		$post_id = isset( $_POST['acf']['post_ID'] )? $_POST['acf']['post_ID'] : null;

		$post_type = get_post_type( $post_id );				// the type of the submitted post
		$frontend = isset( $_REQUEST['acf']['frontend'] )?
			$_REQUEST['acf']['frontend'] :
			false;

		if ( !empty( $field['parent'] ) ){
			$parent_field = acf_get_field( $field['parent'] );	
		}

		// if it's a repeater field, get the validated field so we can do meta queries...
		if ( $is_repeater = ( isset( $parent_field ) && 'repeater' == $parent_field['type'] ) ){
			$index = explode( '][', $input );
			$index = $index[1];
		}
		
		// the wrapped field
		$field = $this->setup_field( $field );
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $field );
		
		//$value = $input['value'];							// the submitted value
		if ( $field['required'] && empty( $value ) ){
			return $valid;									// let the required field handle it
		}

		if ( !$field['drafts'] ){
			return $valid;									// we aren't publishing and we don't want to validate drafts
		}
		
		if ( is_array( $value ) ){
			$value = implode( ',', $value );
		}

		$function = $field['function'];						// what type of validation?
		$pattern = $field['pattern'];						// string to use for validation
		$message = $field['message'];						// failure message to return to the UI
		if ( ! empty( $function ) && ! empty( $pattern ) ){
			switch ( $function ){							// only run these checks if we have a pattern
				case 'regex':								// check for any matches to the regular expression
					$pattern_fltr = '/' . str_replace( "/", "\/", $pattern ) . '/';
					if ( ! preg_match( $pattern_fltr, $value ) ){
						$valid = false;						// return false if there are no matches
					}
					break;
				case 'sql':									// todo: sql checks?
					break;
				case 'php':									// this code is a little tricky, one bad eval() can break the lot. needs a nonce.
					$this_key = $field['name'];
					if ( $is_repeater ) $this_key .= '_' . $index . '_' . $sub_sub_field['name'];

					// get the fields based on the keys and then index by the meta value for easy of use
					$input_fields = array();
					foreach ( $_POST['acf'] as $key => $val ){
						if ( false !== ( $input_field = get_field_object( $key, $post_id ) ) ){
							$meta_key = $input_field['name'];
							$input_fields[$meta_key] = array(
								'field'=>$input_field,
								'value'=>$val,
								'prev_val'=>get_post_meta( $post_id, $meta_key, true )
							);
						}
					}

					$message = $field['message'];			// the default message

					// not yet saved to the database, so this is the previous value still
					$prev_value = addslashes( get_post_meta( $post_id, $this_key, true ) );

					// unique function for this key
					$function_name = 'validate_' . $field['key'] . '_function';
					
					// it gets tricky but we are trying to account for an capture bad php code where possible
					$pattern = addcslashes( trim( $pattern ), '$' );
					if ( substr( $pattern, -1 ) != ';' ) $pattern.= ';';

					$value = addslashes( $value );

					// this must be left aligned as it contains an inner HEREDOC
					$php = <<<PHP
if ( ! function_exists( '$function_name' ) ):
function $function_name( \$args, &\$message ){
	extract( \$args );
	try {
		\$code = <<<INNERPHP
		$pattern return true;
INNERPHP;
		return @eval( \$code );
	} catch ( Exception \$e ){
		\$message = "Error: ".\$e->getMessage(); return false;
	}
}
endif; // function_exists
\$valid = $function_name( array( 'post_id'=>'$post_id', 'post_type'=>'$post_type', 'this_key'=>'$this_key', 'value'=>'$value', 'prev_value'=>'$prev_value', 'inputs'=>\$input_fields ), \$message );
PHP;

					if ( true !== eval( $php ) ){			// run the eval() in the eval()
						$error = error_get_last();			// get the error from the eval() on failure
						// check to see if this is our error or not.
						if ( strpos( $error['file'], basename( __FILE__ ) ) && strpos( $error['file'], "eval()'d code" ) ){
							preg_match( '/eval\\(\\)\'d code\\((\d+)\\)/', $error['file'], $matches );
							$message = __( 'PHP Error', 'acf_vf' ) . ': ' . $error['message'] . ', line ' . $matches[1] . '.';
							$valid = false;
						} 
					}
					// if a string is returned, return it as the error.
					if ( is_string( $valid ) ){
						$message = $valid;
						$valid = false;
					}
					$message = stripslashes( $message );
					break;
			}
		} elseif ( ! empty( $function ) && $function != 'none' ) {
			$message = __( 'This field\'s validation is not properly configured.', 'acf_vf' );
			$valid = false;
		}
			
		$unique = $field['unique'];
		$field_is_unique = ! empty( $value ) && ! empty( $unique ) && $unique != 'non-unique';
		
		// validate the submitted values since there might be dupes in the form submit that aren't yet in the database
		if ( $valid && $field_is_unique ){
			$value_instances = 0;
			switch ( $unique ){
				case 'global';
				case 'post_type':
				case 'this_post':
					// no duplicates at all allowed
					foreach ( $_REQUEST['acf'] as $submitted ){
						if ( is_array( $submitted ) ){
							foreach ( $submitted as $row ){
								// there is only one, but we don't know the key
								foreach ( $row as $submitted2 ){
									if ( $submitted2 == $value ){
										$value_instances++;
									}
									break;
								}
							}
						} else {
							if ( $submitted == $value ){
								$value_instances++;
							}
						}
					}
					break;
				case 'post_key':
				case 'this_post_key':
					// only check the key for a repeater
					if ( $is_repeater ){
						foreach ( $_REQUEST['acf'] as $key => $submitted ){
							if ( $key == $parent_field['key'] ){	
								foreach ( $submitted as $row ){
									// there is only one, but we don't know the key
									foreach ( $row as $submitted2 ){
										if ( $submitted2 == $value ){
											$value_instances++;
										}
										break;
									}
								}
							}
						}
					}
					break;
			}

			// this value came up more than once, so we need to mark it as an error
			if ( $value_instances > 1 ){
				$message = __( 'The value', 'acf_vf' ) . " '$value' " . __( 'was submitted multiple times and should be unique for', 'acf_vf' ) . " {$field['label']}.";
				$valid = false;
			}
		}

		if ( $valid && $field_is_unique ){
			global $wpdb;
			$status_in = "'" . implode( "','", $field['unique_statuses'] ) . "'";

			// WPML compatibility, get code list of active languages
			if ( function_exists( 'icl_object_id' ) ){
				$languages = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT code FROM {$wpdb->prefix}icl_languages WHERE active = 1", ARRAY_A );
				$wpml_ids = array();
				foreach( $languages as $lang ){
					$wpml_ids[] = (int) icl_object_id( $post_id, $post_type, true, $lang['code'] );
				}
				$post_ids = array_unique( $wpml_ids );
			} else {
				$post_ids = array( (int) $post_id );
			}

			$sql_prefix = "SELECT pm.meta_id AS meta_id, pm.post_id AS post_id, p.post_title AS post_title FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} pm JOIN {$wpdb->posts} p ON p.ID = pm.post_id AND p.post_status IN ($status_in)";
			switch ( $unique ){
				case 'global': 
					// check to see if this value exists anywhere in the postmeta table
					$sql = $wpdb->prepare( 
						"{$sql_prefix} AND post_id NOT IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) WHERE ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )",
						$value,
						'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
					);
					break;
				case 'post_type':
					// check to see if this value exists in the postmeta table with this $post_id
					$sql = $wpdb->prepare( 
						"{$sql_prefix} AND p.post_type = %s WHERE ( ( post_id IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) AND meta_key != %s ) OR post_id NOT IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) ) AND ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )", 
						$post_type,
						$field['name'],
						$value,
						'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
					);
					break;
				case 'this_post':
					// check to see if this value exists in the postmeta table with this $post_id
					$this_key = $is_repeater ? 
						$parent_field['name'] . '_' . $index . '_' . $field['name'] :
						$field['name'];
					$sql = $wpdb->prepare( 
						"{$sql_prefix} AND post_id IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) AND meta_key != %s AND ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )",
						$this_key,
						$value,
						'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
					);
					break;
				case 'post_key':
				case 'this_post_key':
					// check to see if this value exists in the postmeta table with both this $post_id and $meta_key
					if ( $is_repeater ){
						$this_key = $parent_field['name'] . '_' . $index . '_' . $field['name'];
						$meta_key = $parent_field['name'] . '_%_' . $field['name'];
						if ( 'post_key' == $unique ){
							$sql = $wpdb->prepare(
								"{$sql_prefix} AND p.post_type = %s WHERE ( ( post_id IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) AND meta_key != %s AND meta_key LIKE %s ) OR ( post_id NOT IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) AND meta_key LIKE %s ) ) AND ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )", 
								$post_type,
								$this_key,
								$meta_key,
								$meta_key,
								$value,
								'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
							);
						} else {
							$sql = $wpdb->prepare(
								"{$sql_prefix} WHERE post_id IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) AND meta_key != %s AND meta_key LIKE %s AND ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )", 
								$this_key,
								$meta_key,
								$meta_key,
								$value,
								'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
							);
						}
					} else {
						if ( 'post_key' == $unique ){
							$sql = $wpdb->prepare( 
								"{$sql_prefix} AND p.post_type = %s AND post_id NOT IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) WHERE meta_key = %s AND ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )", 
								$post_type,
								$field['name'],
								$value,
								'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
							);
						} else {
							$sql = $wpdb->prepare( 
								"{$sql_prefix} AND post_id IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) WHERE meta_key = %s AND ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )", 
								$field['name'],
								$value,
								'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
							);
						}
					}
					break;
				case 'this_post_key':
					// check to see if this value exists in the postmeta table with this $post_id
					$sql = $wpdb->prepare( 
						"{$sql_prefix} AND p.post_type = %s WHERE ( ( post_id IN ([IN_NOT_IN]) AND meta_key = %s ) ) AND ( meta_value = %s OR meta_value LIKE %s )", 
						$post_type,
						$field['name'],
						$value,
						'%"' . $wpdb->esc_like( $value ) . '"%'
					);
					break;
				default:
					// no dice, set $sql to null
					$sql = null;
					break;
			}

			// Only run if we hit a condition above
			if ( ! empty( $sql ) ){

				// Update the [IN_NOT_IN] values
				$sql = $this->prepare_in_and_not_in( $sql, $post_ids );

				// Execute the SQL
				$rows = $wpdb->get_results( $sql );
				if ( count( $rows ) ){
					// We got some matches, but there might be more than one so we need to concatenate the collisions
					$conflicts = "";
					foreach ( $rows as $row ){
						$permalink = ( $frontend )? get_permalink( $row->post_id ) : "/wp-admin/post.php?post={$row->post_id}&action=edit";
						$conflicts.= "<a href='{$permalink}' style='color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;'>{$row->post_title}</a>";
						if ( $row !== end( $rows ) ) $conflicts.= ', ';
					}
					$message = __( 'The value', 'acf_vf' ) . " '$value' " . __( 'is already in use by', 'acf_vf' ) . " {$conflicts}.";
					$valid = false;
				}
			}
		}
		
		// ACF will use any message as an error
		if ( ! $valid ) $valid = $message;

		return $valid;
	}

	private function prepare_in_and_not_in( $sql, $post_ids ){
		global $wpdb;
		$not_in_count = substr_count( $sql, '[IN_NOT_IN]' );
		if ( $not_in_count > 0 ){
			$args = array( str_replace( '[IN_NOT_IN]', implode( ', ', array_fill( 0, count( $post_ids ), '%d' ) ), str_replace( '%', '%%', $sql ) ) );
			for ( $i=0; $i < substr_count( $sql, '[IN_NOT_IN]' ); $i++ ) { 
				$args = array_merge( $args, $post_ids );
			}
			$sql = call_user_func_array( array( $wpdb, 'prepare' ), $args );
		}
		return $sql;
	}

	/*
	*  render_field_settings()
	*
	*  Create extra settings for your field. These are visible when editing a field
	*
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$field (array) the $field being edited
	*  @return	n/a
	*/
	
	function render_field_settings( $field ) {
		//return;
		// defaults?
		$field = $this->setup_field( $field );

		// key is needed in the field names to correctly save the data
		$key = $field['key'];
		$html_key = 'acf_fields-'.$field['ID'];

		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $field );
		$sub_field['prefix'] = "{$field['prefix']}[sub_field]";

		// remove types that don't jive well with this one
		$fields_names = apply_filters( 'acf/get_field_types', array() );
		unset( $fields_names[__( 'Layout', 'acf' )] );
		unset( $fields_names[__( 'Basic', 'acf' )][ 'validated_field' ] );

		$field_id = str_replace("-temp", "", $field['id'] );
		$field_key = $field['key'];

		// layout
		acf_render_field_setting( $field, array(
			'label'			=> __( 'Read Only?', 'acf_vf' ),
			'instructions'	=> __( 'When a field is marked read only, it will be visible but uneditable. Read only fields are marked with ', 'acf_vf' ). '<i class="fa fa-ban" style="color:red;" title="'. __( 'Read only', 'acf_vf' ) . '"></i>.',
			'type'			=> 'radio',
			'name'			=> 'read_only',
			'layout'		=> 'horizontal', 
			'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
			'choices'		=> array(
				false 	=> __( 'No', 'acf_vf' ),
				true	=> __( 'Yes', 'acf_vf' ),
			)
		));

		// Validate Drafts
		acf_render_field_setting( $field, array(
			'label'			=> __( 'Validate Drafts/Preview?', 'acf_vf' ),
			'instructions'	=> '',
			'type'			=> 'radio',
			'name'			=> 'drafts',
			'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
			'choices' 		=> array(
				true  	=> __( 'Yes', 'acf_vf' ),
				false 	=> __( 'No', 'acf_vf' ),
			),
			'layout'		=> 'horizontal',
		));

		if ( false && ! $this->drafts ){
			echo '<em>';
			_e( 'Warning', 'acf_vf' );
			echo ': <code>ACF_VF_DRAFTS</code> ';
			_e( 'has been set to <code>false</code> which overrides field level configurations', 'acf_vf' );
			echo '.</em>';
		}

		?>
		<tr class="acf-field acf-sub_field" data-setting="validated_field" data-name="sub_field">
			<td class="acf-label">
				<label><?php _e( 'Validated Field', 'acf_vf' ); ?></label>
				<p class="description"></p>		
			</td>
			<td class="acf-input">
				<?php
				$atts = array(
					'id' => 'acfcloneindex',
					'class' => "field field_type-{$sub_field['type']}",
					'data-id'	=> $sub_field['id'],
					'data-key'	=> $sub_field['key'],
					'data-type'	=> $sub_field['type'],
				);

				$metas = array(
					'id'			=> $sub_field['id'],
					'key'			=> $sub_field['key'],
					'parent'		=> $sub_field['parent'],
					'save'			=> '',
				);

				?>
				<div <?php echo acf_esc_attr( $atts ); ?>>
					<div class="field-meta acf-hidden">
						<?php 

						// meta		
						foreach( $metas as $k => $v ) {
							acf_hidden_input(array( 'class' => "input-{$k}", 'name' => "{$sub_field['prefix']}[{$k}]", 'value' => $v ));
						}

						?>
					</div>

					<div class="sub-field-settings">			
						<table class="acf-table">
							<tbody>
							<?php 

							if ( ! isset( $sub_field['function'] ) || empty( $sub_field['function'] ) ){
								$sub_field['function'] = 'none';
							}

							// Validated Field Type
							acf_render_field_setting( $sub_field, array(
								'label'			=> __( 'Field Type', 'acf_vf' ),
								'instructions'	=> __( 'The underlying field type that you would like to validate.', 'acf_vf' ),
								'type'			=> 'select',
								'name'			=> 'type',
								'prefix'		=> $sub_field['prefix'],
								'choices' 		=> $fields_names,
								'required'		=> true
							), 'tr' );			

							// Render the Sub Field
							do_action( "acf/render_field_settings/type={$sub_field['type']}", $sub_field );

							?>
							<tr class="field_save acf-field" data-name="conditional_logic" style="display:none;">
								<td class="acf-label"></td>
								<td class="acf-input"></td>
							</tr>
							</tbody>
						</table>
					</div>
				</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<?php

		if ( !empty( $field['mask'] ) && $sub_field['type'] == 'number' ){

		}

		$mask_error = ( !empty( $field['mask'] ) && $sub_field['type'] == 'number' )? 
			'color:red;' : '';

		// Input Mask
		acf_render_field_setting( $field, array(
			'label'			=> __( 'Input mask', 'acf_vf' ),
			'instructions'	=> __( 'Use &#39;a&#39; to match A-Za-z, &#39;9&#39; to match 0-9, and &#39;*&#39; to match any alphanumeric.', 'acf_vf' ) . 
								' <a href="http://digitalbush.com/projects/masked-input-plugin/" target="_new">' . 
								__( 'More info', 'acf_vf' ) . 
								'</a>.<br/><br/><strong style="' . $mask_error . '"><em>' . 
								__( 'Input masking is not compatible with the "number" field type!', 'acf_vf' ) .
								'</em></strong>',
			'type'			=> 'text',
			'name'			=> 'mask',
			'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
			'value'			=> $field['mask'],
			'layout'		=> 'horizontal',
			'class'			=> 'input-mask'
		));

		// Input Mask
		acf_render_field_setting( $field, array(
			'label'			=> __('Input Mask: Autoclear', 'acf_vf' ),
			'instructions'	=> __( 'Clear values that do match the input mask, if provided.', 'acf_vf' ),
			'type'			=> 'radio',
			'name'			=> 'mask_autoclear',
			'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
			'value'			=> $field['mask_autoclear'],
			'layout'		=> 'horizontal',
			'choices' => array(
				true  	=> __( 'Yes', 'acf_vf' ),
				false 	=> __( 'No', 'acf_vf' ),
			),
			'class'			=> 'mask-settings'
		));

		// Input Mask
		acf_render_field_setting( $field, array(
			'label'			=> __('Input Mask: Placeholder', 'acf_vf' ),
			'instructions'	=> __( 'Use this string or character as a placeholder for the input mask.', 'acf_vf' ),
			'type'			=> 'text',
			'name'			=> 'mask_placeholder',
			'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
			'value'			=> $field['mask_placeholder'],
			'class'			=> 'mask-settings'
		));

		// Validation Function
		acf_render_field_setting( $field, array(
			'label'			=> __( 'Validation: Function', 'acf_vf' ),
			'instructions'	=> __( 'How should the field be server side validated?', 'acf_vf' ),
			'type'			=> 'select',
			'name'			=> 'function',
			'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
			'value'			=> $field['function'],
			'choices' => array(
				'none'	=> __( 'None', 'acf_vf' ),
				'regex' => __( 'Regular Expression', 'acf_vf' ),
				//'sql'	=> __( 'SQL Query', 'acf_vf' ),
				'php'	=> __( 'PHP Statement', 'acf_vf' ),
			),
			'layout'		=> 'horizontal',
			'optgroup' => true,
			'multiple' => '0',
			'class'			=> 'validated_select validation-function',
		));

		?>
		<tr class="acf-field validation-settings" data-setting="validated_field" data-name="pattern" id="field_option_<?php echo $html_key; ?>_validation">
			<td class="acf-label">
				<label><?php _e( 'Validation: Pattern', 'acf_vf' ); ?></label>
				<p class="description">	
				<small>
				<div class="validation-info">
					<div class='validation-type regex'>
						<?php _e( 'Pattern match the input using', 'acf_vf' ); ?> <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php" target="_new">PHP preg_match()</a>.
						<br />
					</div>
					<div class='validation-type php'>
						<ul>
							<li><?php _e( 'Use any PHP code and return true for success or false for failure. If nothing is returned it will evaluate to true.', 'acf_vf' ); ?></li>
							<li><?php _e( 'Available variables', 'acf_vf' ); ?>:
							<ul>
								<li><code>$post_id = $post->ID</code></li>
								<li><code>$post_type = $post->post_type</code></li>
								<li><code>$name = meta_key</code></li>
								<li><code>$value = form value</code></li>
								<li><code>$prev_value = db value</code></li>
								<li><code>$inputs = array(<blockquote>'field'=>?,<br/>'value'=>?,<br/>'prev_value'=>?<br/></blockquote>)</code></li>
								<li><code>&amp;$message = error message</code></li>
							</ul>
							</li>
							<li><?php _e( 'Example', 'acf_vf' ); ?>: 
							<small><code><pre>if ( $value == "123" ){
  return '123 is not valid!';
}</pre></code></small></li>
						</ul>
					</div>
					<div class='validation-type sql'>
						<?php _e( 'SQL', 'acf_vf' ); ?>.
						<br />
					</div>
				</div> 
				</small>
				</p>		
			</td>
			<td class="acf-input">
				<?php

				// Pattern
				acf_render_field( array(
					'label'			=> __( 'Pattern', 'acf_vf' ),
					'instructions'	=> '',
					'type'			=> 'textarea',
					'name'			=> 'pattern',
					'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
					'value'			=> $field['pattern'],
					'layout'		=> 'horizontal',
					'class'			=> 'editor',
				));

				?>
				<div id="<?php echo $field_id; ?>-editor" class='ace-editor' style="height:200px;"><?php echo $field['pattern']; ?></div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<?php

		// Error Message
		acf_render_field_setting( $field, array(
			'label'			=> __( 'Validation: Error Message', 'acf_vf' ),
			'instructions'	=> __( 'The default error message that is returned to the client.', 'acf_vf' ),
			'type'			=> 'text',
			'name'			=> 'message',
			'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
			'value'			=> $field['message'],
			'layout'		=> 'horizontal',
			'class'			=> 'validation-settings'
		));

		// Validation Function
		acf_render_field_setting( $field, array(
			'label'			=> __( 'Unique Value?', 'acf_vf' ),
			'instructions'	=> __( "Make sure this value is unique for...", 'acf_vf' ),
			'type'			=> 'select',
			'name'			=> 'unique',
			'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
			'value'			=> $field['unique'],
			'choices' 		=> array(
				'non-unique'	=> __( 'Non-Unique Value', 'acf_vf' ),
				'global'		=> __( 'Unique Globally', 'acf_vf' ),
				'post_type'		=> __( 'Unique For Post Type', 'acf_vf' ),
				'post_key'		=> __( 'Unique For Post Type', 'acf_vf' ) . ' + ' . __( 'Field/Meta Key', 'acf_vf' ),
				'this_post'		=> __( 'Unique For Post', 'acf_vf' ),
				'this_post_key'	=> __( 'Unique For Post', 'acf_vf' ) . ' + ' . __( 'Field/Meta Key', 'acf_vf' ),
			),
			'layout'		=> 'horizontal',
			'optgroup' 		=> false,
			'multiple' 		=> '0',
			'class'			=> 'validated_select validation-unique',
		));

		// Unique Status
		$statuses = $this->get_post_statuses();
		$choices = array();
		foreach ( $statuses as $value => $status ) {
			$choices[$value] = $status->label;
		}
		acf_render_field_setting( $field, array(
			'label'			=> __( 'Unique Value: Apply to...?', 'acf_vf' ),
			'instructions'	=> __( "Make sure this value is unique for the checked post statuses.", 'acf_vf' ),
			'type'			=> 'checkbox',
			'name'			=> 'unique_statuses',
			'prefix'		=> $field['prefix'],
			'value'			=> $field['unique_statuses'],
			'choices' 		=> $choices,
		));
	}

	/*
	*  render_field()
	*
	*  Create the HTML interface for your field
	*
	*  @param	$field (array) the $field being rendered
	*
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$field (array) the $field being edited
	*  @return	n/a
	*/
	
	function render_field( $field ) {
		global $post, $pagenow;

		// set up field properties
		$field = $this->setup_field( $field );
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $field );

		// determine if this is a new post or an edit
		$is_new = $pagenow=='post-new.php';

		// filter to determine if this field should be rendered or not
		$render_field = apply_filters( 'acf_vf/render_field', true, $field, $is_new );

		// if it is not rendered, hide the label with CSS
		if ( ! $render_field ): ?>
			<style>div[data-key="<?php echo $sub_field['key']; ?>"] { display: none; }</style>
		<?php
		// if it is shown either render it normally or as read-only
		else : ?>
			<div class="validated-field">
				<?php
				// for read only we need to buffer the output so that we can modify it
				if ( $field['read_only'] && $field['read_only'] != 'false' ){

					?>
					<p>
					<?php 

					// Buffer output
					ob_start();

					// Render the subfield
					echo apply_filters( 'acf/render_field/type='.$sub_field['type'], $sub_field );

					// Try to make the field readonly
					$contents = ob_get_contents();
					$contents = preg_replace("~<(input|textarea|select)~", "<\${1} disabled=true read_only", $contents );
					$contents = preg_replace("~acf-hidden~", "acf-hidden acf-vf-readonly", $contents );

					// Stop buffering
					ob_end_clean();

					// Return our (hopefully) readonly input.
					echo $contents;

					?>
					</p>
					<?php

				} else {
					// wrapper for other fields, especially relationship
					echo "<div class='acf-field acf-field-{$sub_field['type']} field_type-{$sub_field['type']}' data-type='{$sub_field['type']}' data-key='{$sub_field['key']}'><div class='acf-input'>";
					echo apply_filters( 'acf/render_field/type='.$sub_field['type'], $sub_field );
					echo "</div></div>";
				}
				?>
			</div>
			<?php
			// check to see if we need to mask the input
			if ( ! empty( $field['mask'] ) && ( $is_new || ( isset( $field['read_only'] ) && ( ! $field['read_only'] || $field['read_only'] == 'false' ) ) ) ) {
				// we have to use $sub_field['key'] since new repeater fields don't have a unique ID
				?>
				<script type="text/javascript">
					(function($){
						$("div[data-key='<?php echo $sub_field['key']; ?>'] input").each( function(){
							$(this).mask("<?php echo $field['mask']?>", {
								autoclear: <?php echo isset( $field['mask_autoclear'] ) && empty( $field['mask_autoclear'] )? 'false' : 'true'; ?>,
								placeholder: '<?php echo isset( $field['mask_placeholder'] )? $field['mask_placeholder'] : '_'; ?>'
							});
						});
					})(jQuery);
				</script>
				<?php
			}
		endif;
	}

	/*
	*  input_admin_enqueue_scripts()
	*
	*  This action is called in the admin_enqueue_scripts action on the edit screen where your field is created.
	*  Use this action to add css + javascript to assist your create_field() action.
	*
	*  $info	http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/admin_enqueue_scripts
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*/
	function input_admin_enqueue_scripts(){
		// register acf scripts
		$min = ( ! $this->debug )? '.min' : '';
		wp_register_script( 'acf-validated-field-input', plugins_url( "js/input{$min}.js", __FILE__ ), array( 'acf-validated-field' ), ACF_VF_VERSION );
		wp_register_script( 'jquery-masking', plugins_url( "js/jquery.maskedinput{$min}.js", __FILE__ ), array( 'jquery' ), ACF_VF_VERSION);
		wp_register_script( 'sh-core', plugins_url( 'js/shCore.js', __FILE__ ), array( 'acf-input' ), ACF_VF_VERSION );
		wp_register_script( 'sh-autoloader', plugins_url( 'js/shAutoloader.js', __FILE__ ), array( 'sh-core' ), ACF_VF_VERSION);
		
		// enqueue scripts
		wp_enqueue_script( array(
			'jquery',
			'jquery-ui-core',
			'jquery-ui-tabs',
			'jquery-masking',
			'acf-validated-field',
			'acf-validated-field-input',
		));
	}

	/*
	*  input_admin_footer()
	*
	*  This action is called in the wp_head/admin_head action on the edit screen where your field is created.
	*  Use this action to add css and javascript to assist your create_field() action.
	*
	*  @type	action (admin_footer)
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	n/a
	*  @return	n/a
	*/
	function input_admin_footer(){
		wp_deregister_style('font-awesome');
		wp_enqueue_style( 'font-awesome', plugins_url( 'css/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css', __FILE__ ), array(), '4.2.0' ); 
		wp_enqueue_style( 'acf-validated_field', plugins_url( 'css/input.css', __FILE__ ), array(), ACF_VF_VERSION ); 
	}

	/*
	*  field_group_admin_enqueue_scripts()
	*
	*  This action is called in the admin_enqueue_scripts action on the edit screen where your field is edited.
	*  Use this action to add css + javascript to assist your create_field_options() action.
	*
	*  $info	http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/admin_enqueue_scripts
	*  @type	action
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*/
	function field_group_admin_enqueue_scripts(){
		wp_enqueue_script( 'ace-editor', plugins_url( 'js/ace/ace.js', __FILE__ ), array(), '1.1.7' );
		wp_enqueue_script( 'ace-ext-language_tools', plugins_url( 'js/ace/ext-language_tools.js', __FILE__ ), array(), '1.1.7' );
	}

	/*
	*  load_value()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $value after it is loaded from the db
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$value - the value found in the database
	*  @param	$post_id - the $post_id from which the value was loaded from
	*  @param	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$value - the value to be saved in te database
	*/
	function load_value( $value, $post_id, $field ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		return apply_filters( 'acf/load_value/type='.$sub_field['type'], $value, $post_id, $sub_field );
	}

	/*
	*  update_value()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $value before it is updated in the db
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$value - the value which will be saved in the database
	*  @param	$post_id - the $post_id of which the value will be saved
	*  @param	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$value - the modified value
	*/
	function update_value( $value, $post_id, $field ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		return apply_filters( 'acf/update_value/type='.$sub_field['type'], $value, $post_id, $sub_field );
	}

	/*
	*  format_value()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $value after it is loaded from the db and before it is passed to the create_field action
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$value	- the value which was loaded from the database
	*  @param	$post_id - the $post_id from which the value was loaded
	*  @param	$field	- the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$value	- the modified value
	*/
	function format_value( $value, $post_id, $field ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		return apply_filters( 'acf/format_value/type='.$sub_field['type'], $value, $post_id, $sub_field );
	}

	/*
	*  format_value_for_api()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $value after it is loaded from the db and before it is passed back to the api functions such as the_field
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$value	- the value which was loaded from the database
	*  @param	$post_id - the $post_id from which the value was loaded
	*  @param	$field	- the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$value	- the modified value
	*/
	function format_value_for_api( $value, $post_id, $field ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		return apply_filters( 'acf/format_value_for_api/type='.$sub_field['type'], $value, $post_id, $sub_field );
	}

	/*
	*  load_field()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $field after it is loaded from the database
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*/
	function load_field( $field ){
		$field = $this->setup_field( $field );
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $field );
		$sub_field = apply_filters( 'acf/load_field/type='.$sub_field['type'], $sub_field );

		// The relationship field gets settings from the sub_field so we need to return it since it effectively displays through this method.
		if ( 'relationship' == $sub_field['type'] && isset( $_POST['action'] ) && $_POST['action'] == 'acf/fields/relationship/query' ){
			// the name is the key, so use _name
			$sub_field['name'] = $sub_field['_name'];
			return $sub_field;
		}

		$field['sub_field'] = $sub_field;
		if ( $field['read_only'] && $field['read_only'] != 'false' && get_post_type() != 'acf-field-group' ){
			$field['label'] .= ' <i class="fa fa-ban" style="color:red;" title="'. __( 'Read only', 'acf_vf' ) . '"></i>';
		}

		// Just avoid using any type of quotes in the db values
		$field['pattern'] = str_replace( "%%squot%%", "'", $field['pattern'] );
		$field['pattern'] = str_replace( "%%dquot%%", '"', $field['pattern'] );

		return $field;
	}

	/*
	*  update_field()
	*
	*  This filter is appied to the $field before it is saved to the database
	*
	*  @type	filter
	*  @since	3.6
	*  @date	23/01/13
	*
	*  @param	$field - the field array holding all the field options
	*
	*  @return	$field - the modified field
	*/
	function update_field( $field ){
		$sub_field = $this->setup_sub_field( $this->setup_field( $field ) );
		$sub_field = apply_filters( 'acf/update_field/type='.$sub_field['type'], $sub_field );
		$field['sub_field'] = $sub_field;

		// Just avoid using any type of quotes in the db values
		$field['pattern'] = str_replace( "'", "%%squot%%", $field['pattern'] );
		$field['pattern'] = str_replace( '"', "%%dquot%%", $field['pattern'] );

		return $field;
	}

	/**
	* is_edit_page 
	* function to check if the current page is a post edit page
	* 
	* @author Ohad Raz <[email protected]>
	* 
	* @param  string  $new_edit what page to check for accepts new - new post page ,edit - edit post page, null for either
	* @return boolean
	*/
	function is_edit_page($new_edit = null){
		global $pagenow;
		//make sure we are on the backend
		if ( !is_admin() ) return false;

		if($new_edit == "edit")
			return in_array( $pagenow, array( 'post.php',  ) );
		elseif($new_edit == "new") //check for new post page
			return in_array( $pagenow, array( 'post-new.php' ) );
		else //check for either new or edit
			return in_array( $pagenow, array( 'post.php', 'post-new.php' ) );
	}
}

new acf_field_validated_field();
endif;

js/input.js

/*
	Advanced Custom Fields: Validated Field
	Justin Silver, http://justin.ag
	DoubleSharp, http://doublesharp.com
*/
var vf = {
	valid 		: false,
	lastclick 	: false,
	reclick		: false,
	debug 		: false,
	drafts		: true,
};

(function($){

	// DOM elements we need to validate the value of
	var inputSelector = 'input[type="text"], input[type="hidden"], textarea, select, input[type="checkbox"]:checked';

	// If a form value changes, mark the form as dirty
	$(document).on('change', inputSelector, function(){
		vf.valid = false;
	});

	// When a .button is clicked we need to track what was clicked
	$(document).on('click', 'form#post .button, form#post input[type=submit]', function(){
		vf.lastclick = $(this);
		// The default 'click' runs first and then calls 'submit' so we need to retrigger after we have tracked the 'lastclick'
		if (vf.reclick){
			vf.reclick = false;
			vf.lastclick.trigger('click');
		}
	});
	
	// Intercept the form submission
	$(document).on('submit', 'form#post', function(){
		// remove error messages since we are going to revalidate
		$('.field_type-validated_field').find('.acf-error-message').remove();

		if ( ! acf.validation.status ){
			$(this).siblings('#acfvf_message').remove();
			return false;
		} else {
			$(this).siblings('#acfvf_message, #message').remove();
		}

		// If we don't have a 'lastclick' this is probably a preview where WordPress calls 'click' first
		if (!vf.lastclick){
			// We need to let our click handler run, then start the whole thing over in our handler
			vf.reclick = true;
			return false;
		}

		// We mith have already checked the form and vf.valid is set and just want all the other 'submit' functions to run, otherwise check the validation
		return vf.valid || do_validation($(this), vf.lastclick);
	});

	// Validate the ACF Validated Fields
	function do_validation(formObj, clickObj){
		// default the form validation to false
		vf.valid = false;
		// we have to know what was clicked to retrigger
		if (!clickObj) return false;
		// validate non-"publish" clicks unless vf.drafts is set to false
		if (!vf.drafts&&clickObj.attr('id')!='publish') return true;
		// gather form fields and values to submit to the server
		var fields = [];

		// inspect each of the validated fields
		formObj.find('.field_type-validated_field').each( function(){
			div = $(this);

			// we want to show some of the hidden fields.
			var validate = true;
			if ( div.is(':hidden') ){
				validate = false;

				// if this field is hidden by a tab group, allow validation
				if ( div.hasClass('acf-tab_group-hide') ){
					validate = true;
					
					// vars
					var $tab_field = div.prevAll('.field_type-tab:first'),
						$tab_group = div.prevAll('.acf-tab-wrap:first');			
					
					// if the tab itself is hidden, bypass validation
					if ( $tab_field.hasClass('acf-conditional_logic-hide') ){
						validate = false;
					} else {
						// activate this tab as it holds hidden required field!
						$tab = $tab_group.find('.acf-tab-button[data-key="' + $tab_field.attr('data-field_key') + '"]');
					}
				}
			}
			
			// if is hidden by conditional logic, ignore
			if ( div.hasClass('acf-conditional_logic-hide') ){
				validate = false;
			}
			
			// if field group is hidden, ignore
			if ( div.closest('.postbox.acf-hidden').exists() ){
				validate = false;		
			}
			
			// we want to validate this field
			if ( validate ){
				if ( div.find('.acf_wysiwyg').exists() && typeof( tinyMCE ) == "object" ){
					// wysiwyg
					var id = div.find('.wp-editor-area').attr('id'),
						editor = tinyMCE.get( id );
					field = { 
						id: div.find('.wp-editor-area').attr('name'),
						value: editor.getContent()
					};
				} else if ( div.find('.acf_relationship, input[type="radio"], input[type="checkbox"]').exists() ) {
					// relationship / radio / checkbox
					sel = '.acf_relationship .relationship_right input, input[type="radio"]:checked, input[type="checkbox"]:checked';
					field = { id: div.find('input[type="hidden"], ' + sel ).attr('name'), value: [] };
					div.find( sel ).each( function(){
						field.value.push( $( this ).val() );
					});
				} else {
					// text / textarea / select
					var text = div.find('input[type="text"], input[type="email"], input[type="number"], input[type="hidden"], textarea, select');
					if ( text.exists() ){
						field = { 
								id: text.attr('name'),
								value: text.val()
						};
					}
				}

				// add to the array to send to the server
				fields.push( field );
			}
		});

		$('.acf_postbox:hidden').remove();

		// if there are no fields, don't make an ajax call.
		if ( ! fields.length ){
			vf.valid = true;
			return true;
		} else {
			// send everything to the server to validate
			var postEl = vf.frontend? 'input[name=post_id]' : '#post_ID';
			$.ajax({
				url: ajaxurl,
				data: {
					action: 'validate_fields',
					post_id: formObj.find(postEl).val(),
					click_id: clickObj.attr('id'),
					frontend: vf.frontend,
					fields: fields
				},
				type: 'POST',
				dataType: 'json',
				success: function(json){
					ajax_returned(json, formObj, clickObj);				
				}, error:function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError){
					ajax_returned(fields, formObj, clickObj);
 				}
			});

			// return false to block the 'submit', we will handle as necessary once we get a response from the server
			return false;
		}
		
		// Process the data returned by the server side validation
		function ajax_returned(fields, formObj, clickObj){
			// now we default to true since the response says if something is invalid
			vf.valid = true;
			// if we got a good response, iterate each response and if it's not valid, set an error message on it
			if (fields){
				for (var i=0; i<fields.length; i++){
					var fld = fields[i];
					if (!fld.valid){
						vf.valid = false;
						msg = $('<div/>').html(fld.message).text();
						input = $('[name="'+fld.id.replace('[', '\\[').replace(']', '\\]')+'"]');
						input.parent().parent().append('<span class="acf-error-message"><i class="bit"></i>' + msg + '</span>');
						field = input.closest('.field');
						field.addClass('error');
						field.find('.widefat').css('width','100%');
					}
				}
			}
			
			// reset all the CSS
			$('#ajax-loading').attr('style','');
			$('.submitbox .spinner').hide();
			$('.submitbox .button').removeClass('button-primary-disabled').removeClass('disabled');
			if ( !vf.valid ){
				// if it wasn't valid, show all the errors
				formObj.before('<div id="acfvf_message" class="error"><p>Validation Failed. See errors below.</p></div>');
				formObj.find('.field_type-validated_field .acf-error-message').show();
			} else if ( vf.debug ){
				// it was valid, but we have debugging on which will confirm the submit
				vf.valid = confirm("The fields are valid, do you want to submit the form?");
			} 
			// if everything is good, reclick which will now bypass the validation
			if (vf.valid) {
				clickObj.click();
			}
		}
	}
})(jQuery);

css/input.css

.validated-select { width: 200px; }
.validation-type { display: none; }
.acf-vf-readonly { display: block !important; }

/* required for conditional logic when the default view is hidden */
.acf-field-validated-field>.acf-input>.validated-field>.hidden-by-conditional-logic { display: block !important; }

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6 Responses

  1. Filipe says:

    Hi Justin, the plugins is not working anymore with the last version of wordpress. Are you planning to fix? The error is …

    Declaration of acf_field_validated_field::validate_field($valid, $value, $field, $input) should be compatible with acf_field::validate_field($field)

    Thanks

    • Justin Silver says:

      Hi Felipe,

      I started working on an updated version several years(!) ago, but haven’t been able to find time to finish it. The site I originally wrote this plugin for is no longer running and as it’s not a profitable endeavor unfortunately it’s likely to be on the back burner for some time. If you are interested I can share the new code that I started although it is likely out of date at this point as well, and was never complete to begin with.

      Thanks!

      Justin

  2. Hey Justin,

    Thank you for good work.

    I want to use UNIQUE validation ONCE only. How is it possible with your plugin? I will really appreciate your help since already tried my best but not able to make it happen.

    Please help!

    Best,
    – Keshav
    iNFOTYKE

  3. Joe Kaisaka says:

    Hi Justin.

    I’m new in wordpress and PHP.
    I try to use your great plugin but I don’t know where I put the function to validate the field.
    Can you help me?
    Sorry for my very poor english, sorry for the inconvenience and thank you in advance.

    • Justin Silver says:

      Hi Joe,

      Once you have the plugin added and activated choose “Validated Field” in the Custom Fields group where you want to add it. When you select it, you will then be given the chance to enter a subfield type (Text, Select, etc) and some additional entries to provide input masking and validation.

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