Title: custom validation issue
Last modified: February 16, 2024

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# custom validation issue

 *  Resolved [gteyespy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gteyespy/)
 * (@gteyespy)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-validation-issue/)
 * added this to my functions.php page in the child theme and it gives me a critical
   error and breaks the page.
 * `function um_custom_validate_invite( $key, $array, $args ) {
   if ( isset( $args[
   $key] ) && ! in_array( $args[$key],['dog','cat','bird','fish','cow','pig']) ){
   UM()->form()->add_error( $key, __( ‘Please enter valid Invitation code.’, ‘ultimate-
   member’ ) );}}add_action( ‘um_custom_field_validation_invite’, ‘um_custom_validate_invite’,
   30, 3 );
 * it says unexpected identifier (T_STRING)
 * what am i doing wrong? Please help.

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-validation-issue/)
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