官方网站:http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/ 
API: http://jquery.bassistance.de/api-browser/plugins.html 
默认校验规则
(1)required:true               必输字段
(2)remote:"check.php"          使用ajax方法调用check.php验证输入值
(3)email:true                  必须输入正确格式的电子邮件
(4)url:true                    必须输入正确格式的网址
(5)date:true                   必须输入正确格式的日期
(6)dateISO:true                必须输入正确格式的日期(ISO),例如:2009-06-23,1998/01/22 只验证格式,不验证有效性
(7)number:true                 必须输入合法的数字(负数,小数)
(8)digits:true                 必须输入整数
(9)creditcard:                 必须输入合法的信用卡号
(10)equalTo:"#field"           输入值必须和#field相同
(11)accept:                    输入拥有合法后缀名的字符串(上传文件的后缀)
(12)maxlength:5                输入长度最多是5的字符串(汉字算一个字符)
(13)minlength:10               输入长度最小是10的字符串(汉字算一个字符)
(14)rangelength:[5,10]         输入长度必须介于 5 和 10 之间的字符串")(汉字算一个字符)
(15)range:[5,10]               输入值必须介于 5 和 10 之间
(16)max:5                      输入值不能大于5
(17)min:10                     输入值不能小于10
默认提示
messages: {
  required: "This field is required.",
  remote: "Please fix this field.",
  email: "Please enter a valid email address.",
  url: "Please enter a valid URL.",
  date: "Please enter a valid date.",
  dateISO: "Please enter a valid date (ISO).",
  dateDE: "Bitte geben Sie ein gültiges Datum ein.",
  number: "Please enter a valid number.",
  numberDE: "Bitte geben Sie eine Nummer ein.",
  digits: "Please enter only digits",
  creditcard: "Please enter a valid credit card number.",
  equalTo: "Please enter the same value again.",
  accept: "Please enter a value with a valid extension.",
  maxlength: $.validator.format("Please enter no more than {0} characters."),
  minlength: $.validator.format("Please enter at least {0} characters."),
  rangelength: $.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."),
  range: $.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."),
  max: $.validator.format("Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}."),
  min: $.validator.format("Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}.")
},
如需要修改,可在 js 代码中加入:
jQuery.extend(jQuery.validator.messages, {
  required: "必选字段",
  remote: "请修正该字段",
  email: "请输入正确格式的电子邮件",
  url: "请输入合法的网址",
  date: "请输入合法的日期",
  dateISO: "请输入合法的日期 (ISO).",
  number: "请输入合法的数字",
  digits: "只能输入整数",
  creditcard: "请输入合法的信用卡号",
  equalTo: "请再次输入相同的值",
  accept: "请输入拥有合法后缀名的字符串",
  maxlength: jQuery.validator.format("请输入一个 长度最多是 {0} 的字符串"),
  minlength: jQuery.validator.format("请输入一个 长度最少是 {0} 的字符串"),
  rangelength: jQuery.validator.format("请输入 一个长度介于 {0} 和 {1} 之间的字符串"),
  range: jQuery.validator.format("请输入一个介于 {0} 和 {1} 之间的值"),
  max: jQuery.validator.format("请输入一个最大为{0} 的值"),
  min: jQuery.validator.format("请输入一个最小为{0} 的值")
});
推荐做法,将此文件放入 messages_cn.js 中,在页面中引入:
<script src="../js/messages_cn.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
使用案例如下:
<form id="formLogin" method="post">
  <div>
    <label for="username">Username:</label>
    <input type="text" id="username" name="username" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <label for="password">password:</label>
    <input type="text" id="password" name="password" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <label for="password1">password1:</label>
    <input type="text" id="password1" name="password1" />
  </div>
  <div>
    <label for="sex">sex:</label>
    <select id="sex" name="sex">
      <option id="sexopt" value="" selected="selected">请选择</option>
      <option id="sexnan" value="1">男</option>
      <option id="sexnv" value="2">女</option>
    </select>
  </div>
  <div>
    <label for="favorite">level:</label>
    <input type="checkbox" id="sport" name="favorite" value="sport" />sport
    <input type="checkbox" id="write" name="favorite" value="write" />write
  </div>
  <div>
    <label for="level">level:</label>
    <input type="radio" id="one" name="level" value="one" />1
    <input type="radio" id="two" name="level" value="two" />2
  </div>
  <div>
    <input  id="submit" type="button" value="submit" />
  </div>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
$().ready(function () {
    $("#formLogin").validate({
        rules: {
            username: {
                required: true
            },
            password: {
                required: true
            },
            sex: {
                required: true
            },
            level: {
                required: true
            },
            favorite: {
                required: true
            }
        },
        messages: {
            username: {
                required: "please input username"
            },
            password: {
                required: "please input password"
            },
            sex: {
                required: "please select sex"
            },
            level: {
                required: "level requred"
            },
            favorite: {
                required: "favorite required"
            }
        },
    // 单选、多选的错误提示
        errorPlacement: function (error, element) { //指定错误信息位置
            if (element.is(‘:radio‘) || element.is(‘:checkbox‘)) { //如果是radio或checkbox
               var eid = element.attr(‘name‘); //获取元素的name属性
               error.appendTo(element.parent()); //将错误信息添加当前元素的父结点后面
           } else {
               error.insertAfter(element);
           }
       }
   });
});
$("#submit").click(function () {
    $("#submit").submit();
});
</script>
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