Title: Compare Email Fields
Last modified: January 8, 2021

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# Compare Email Fields

 *  Resolved [cogz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cogz/)
 * (@cogz)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compare-email-fields/)
 * Hi, Is there a recommended way to compare two email fields to make sure they 
   match? Thanks
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by [cogz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cogz/).

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 *  Plugin Support [Dimitris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support6/)
 * (@wpmudev-support6)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compare-email-fields/#post-13886587)
 * Hello there [@cogz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cogz/)
 * Do you mean some kind of validation between two Email fields while typing/submitting?
   
   Please advise!
 * If so, you could use some JS on the frontend like:
    [https://dmitripavlutin.com/compare-javascript-strings/#3-safe-comparison-of-strings](https://dmitripavlutin.com/compare-javascript-strings/#3-safe-comparison-of-strings)
 * Let us know if further assistance is required on this.
 * Thank you,
    Dimitris
 *  Thread Starter [cogz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cogz/)
 * (@cogz)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compare-email-fields/#post-13886612)
 * Hi,
 * I would like to prevent the form from being submitted and display a message if
   the two email addresses do not match.
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compare-email-fields/#post-13888593)
 * Hi [@cogz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cogz/)
 * We do have this feature planned and I’m adding this thread as one extra vote.
 * For now, could you please try this workaround?
    [https://gist.github.com/patrickfreitasdev/12e75dd199799532875b319871904bf1](https://gist.github.com/patrickfreitasdev/12e75dd199799532875b319871904bf1)
 * You can install it as a mu-plugin following this guide:
    [https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/using-wordpress/installing-wordpress-plugins/#installing-mu-plugins](https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/using-wordpress/installing-wordpress-plugins/#installing-mu-plugins)
 * It validates if both email-1 & email-2 are the same and return an error on email-
   2 in case it isn’t.
 * [https://monosnap.com/file/Gs1L3xamVnzqJBg5GJe35M5SdYI1NK](https://monosnap.com/file/Gs1L3xamVnzqJBg5GJe35M5SdYI1NK)
 * You can edit the line 20 adding a custom error.
 * More reference on [https://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/forminator-pro-forminator-double-email-check/](https://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/forminator-pro-forminator-double-email-check/)
 * Let us know if this works for you.
    Best Regards Patrick Freitas
 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compare-email-fields/#post-13888599)
 * Hi [@cogz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cogz/)
 * Just an update.
 * Make sure to update the line 8 adding your form ID, you can find it editing the
   form:
 * [https://monosnap.com/file/fyCA3ZpNGEZsvxPZLahYFrNC5dpxTk](https://monosnap.com/file/fyCA3ZpNGEZsvxPZLahYFrNC5dpxTk)
 * Best Regards
    Patrick Freitas
 *  Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/)
 * (@wpmudev-support2)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compare-email-fields/#post-13917096)
 * Hello [@cogz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cogz/) ,
 * We haven’t heard from you for a while now, so it looks like my colleague’s code
   was able to help with your query.
 * Please feel free to re-open this ticket if needed.
 * kind regards,
    Kasia

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