{"id":26012,"date":"2021-04-09T10:34:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/?p=26012"},"modified":"2023-03-20T05:02:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T09:02:34","slug":"gform_form_validation_errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/gform_form_validation_errors\/","title":{"rendered":"gform_form_validation_errors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-description\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The gform_form_validation_errors filter enables the list of validation errors, which will be displayed at the top of the form, to be overridden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usage\">Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; gutter: false; title: ; quick-code: false; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_filter( 'gform_form_validation_errors', 'your_function_name', 10, 2 );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can also specify this per form by adding the form id after the filter name.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; gutter: false; title: ; quick-code: false; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_filter( 'gform_form_validation_errors_6', 'your_function_name', 10, 2 );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gf-docs-parameters\">\n<h2 id=\"h-parameters\">Parameters<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$errors<\/strong> <a data-autolink=\"autolink_array\" href=\"\/array\">array<\/a>\n<p>An array of field validation errors. 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