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Hi -- I need to adjust this code to work on a form submit upon code being valid and i'm having problems. Right now if its valid a message box pops up -- instead, I want to use the form action property upon form fields being valid.  I also have to add in a cvc code for error checking as well. Let me know if anyone has any insight.
<!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL CREDIT CARD VALIDATION:
 
  1.  Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
  2.  Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document  -->
 
<!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document  -->
 
<HEAD>
 
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Original:  Simon Tneoh (tneohcb@pc.jaring.my) -->
 
<!-- This script and many more are available free online at -->
<!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com -->
 
<!-- Begin
var Cards = new makeArray(8);
Cards[0] = new CardType("MasterCard", "51,52,53,54,55", "16");
var MasterCard = Cards[0];
Cards[1] = new CardType("VisaCard", "4", "13,16");
var VisaCard = Cards[1];
Cards[2] = new CardType("AmExCard", "34,37", "15");
var AmExCard = Cards[2];
Cards[3] = new CardType("DinersClubCard", "30,36,38", "14");
var DinersClubCard = Cards[3];
Cards[4] = new CardType("DiscoverCard", "6011", "16");
var DiscoverCard = Cards[4];
Cards[5] = new CardType("enRouteCard", "2014,2149", "15");
var enRouteCard = Cards[5];
Cards[6] = new CardType("JCBCard", "3088,3096,3112,3158,3337,3528", "16");
var JCBCard = Cards[6];
var LuhnCheckSum = Cards[7] = new CardType();
 
/*************************************************************************\
CheckCardNumber(form)
function called when users click the "check" button.
\*************************************************************************/
function CheckCardNumber(form) {
var tmpyear;
if (form.CardNumber.value.length == 0) {
alert("Please enter a Card Number.");
form.CardNumber.focus();
return;
}
if (form.ExpYear.value.length == 0) {
alert("Please enter the Expiration Year.");
form.ExpYear.focus();
return;
}
if (form.ExpYear.value > 96)
tmpyear = "19" + form.ExpYear.value;
else if (form.ExpYear.value < 21)
tmpyear = "20" + form.ExpYear.value;
else {
alert("The Expiration Year is not valid.");
return;
}
tmpmonth = form.ExpMon.options[form.ExpMon.selectedIndex].value;
// The following line doesn't work in IE3, you need to change it
// to something like "(new CardType())...".
// if (!CardType().isExpiryDate(tmpyear, tmpmonth)) {
if (!(new CardType()).isExpiryDate(tmpyear, tmpmonth)) {
alert("This card has already expired.");
return;
}
card = form.CardType.options[form.CardType.selectedIndex].value;
var retval = eval(card + ".checkCardNumber(\"" + form.CardNumber.value +
"\", " + tmpyear + ", " + tmpmonth + ");");
cardname = "";
if (retval)
 
 
 
// comment this out if used on an order form
alert("This card number appears to be valid.");
 
 
else {
// The cardnumber has the valid luhn checksum, but we want to know which
// cardtype it belongs to.
for (var n = 0; n < Cards.size; n++) {
if (Cards[n].checkCardNumber(form.CardNumber.value, tmpyear, tmpmonth)) {
cardname = Cards[n].getCardType();
break;
   }
}
if (cardname.length > 0) {
alert("This looks like a " + cardname + " number, not a " + card + " number.");
}
else {
alert("This card number is not valid.");
      }
   }
}
/*************************************************************************\
Object CardType([String cardtype, String rules, String len, int year, 
                                        int month])
cardtype    : type of card, eg: MasterCard, Visa, etc.
rules       : rules of the cardnumber, eg: "4", "6011", "34,37".
len         : valid length of cardnumber, eg: "16,19", "13,16".
year        : year of expiry date.
month       : month of expiry date.
eg:
var VisaCard = new CardType("Visa", "4", "16");
var AmExCard = new CardType("AmEx", "34,37", "15");
\*************************************************************************/
function CardType() {
var n;
var argv = CardType.arguments;
var argc = CardType.arguments.length;
 
this.objname = "object CardType";
 
var tmpcardtype = (argc > 0) ? argv[0] : "CardObject";
var tmprules = (argc > 1) ? argv[1] : "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9";
var tmplen = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : "13,14,15,16,19";
 
this.setCardNumber = setCardNumber;  // set CardNumber method.
this.setCardType = setCardType;  // setCardType method.
this.setLen = setLen;  // setLen method.
this.setRules = setRules;  // setRules method.
this.setExpiryDate = setExpiryDate;  // setExpiryDate method.
 
this.setCardType(tmpcardtype);
this.setLen(tmplen);
this.setRules(tmprules);
if (argc > 4)
this.setExpiryDate(argv[3], argv[4]);
 
this.checkCardNumber = checkCardNumber;  // checkCardNumber method.
this.getExpiryDate = getExpiryDate;  // getExpiryDate method.
this.getCardType = getCardType;  // getCardType method.
this.isCardNumber = isCardNumber;  // isCardNumber method.
this.isExpiryDate = isExpiryDate;  // isExpiryDate method.
this.luhnCheck = luhnCheck;// luhnCheck method.
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
boolean checkCardNumber([String cardnumber, int year, int month])
return true if cardnumber pass the luhncheck and the expiry date is
valid, else return false.
\*************************************************************************/
function checkCardNumber() {
var argv = checkCardNumber.arguments;
var argc = checkCardNumber.arguments.length;
var cardnumber = (argc > 0) ? argv[0] : this.cardnumber;
var year = (argc > 1) ? argv[1] : this.year;
var month = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : this.month;
 
this.setCardNumber(cardnumber);
this.setExpiryDate(year, month);
 
if (!this.isCardNumber())
return false;
if (!this.isExpiryDate())
return false;
 
return true;
}
/*************************************************************************\
String getCardType()
return the cardtype.
\*************************************************************************/
function getCardType() {
return this.cardtype;
}
/*************************************************************************\
String getExpiryDate()
return the expiry date.
\*************************************************************************/
function getExpiryDate() {
return this.month + "/" + this.year;
}
/*************************************************************************\
boolean isCardNumber([String cardnumber])
return true if cardnumber pass the luhncheck and the rules, else return
false.
\*************************************************************************/
function isCardNumber() {
var argv = isCardNumber.arguments;
var argc = isCardNumber.arguments.length;
var cardnumber = (argc > 0) ? argv[0] : this.cardnumber;
if (!this.luhnCheck())
return false;
 
for (var n = 0; n < this.len.size; n++)
if (cardnumber.toString().length == this.len[n]) {
for (var m = 0; m < this.rules.size; m++) {
var headdigit = cardnumber.substring(0, this.rules[m].toString().length);
if (headdigit == this.rules[m])
return true;
}
return false;
}
return false;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
boolean isExpiryDate([int year, int month])
return true if the date is a valid expiry date,
else return false.
\*************************************************************************/
function isExpiryDate() {
var argv = isExpiryDate.arguments;
var argc = isExpiryDate.arguments.length;
 
year = argc > 0 ? argv[0] : this.year;
month = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : this.month;
 
if (!isNum(year+""))
return false;
if (!isNum(month+""))
return false;
today = new Date();
expiry = new Date(year, month);
if (today.getTime() > expiry.getTime())
return false;
else
return true;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
boolean isNum(String argvalue)
return true if argvalue contains only numeric characters,
else return false.
\*************************************************************************/
function isNum(argvalue) {
argvalue = argvalue.toString();
 
if (argvalue.length == 0)
return false;
 
for (var n = 0; n < argvalue.length; n++)
if (argvalue.substring(n, n+1) < "0" || argvalue.substring(n, n+1) > "9")
return false;
 
return true;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
boolean luhnCheck([String CardNumber])
return true if CardNumber pass the luhn check else return false.
Reference: http://www.ling.nwu.edu/~sburke/pub/luhn_lib.pl
\*************************************************************************/
function luhnCheck() {
var argv = luhnCheck.arguments;
var argc = luhnCheck.arguments.length;
 
var CardNumber = argc > 0 ? argv[0] : this.cardnumber;
 
if (! isNum(CardNumber)) {
return false;
  }
 
var no_digit = CardNumber.length;
var oddoeven = no_digit & 1;
var sum = 0;
 
for (var count = 0; count < no_digit; count++) {
var digit = parseInt(CardNumber.charAt(count));
if (!((count & 1) ^ oddoeven)) {
digit *= 2;
if (digit > 9)
digit -= 9;
}
sum += digit;
}
if (sum % 10 == 0)
return true;
else
return false;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
ArrayObject makeArray(int size)
return the array object in the size specified.
\*************************************************************************/
function makeArray(size) {
this.size = size;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setCardNumber(cardnumber)
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setCardNumber(cardnumber) {
this.cardnumber = cardnumber;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setCardType(cardtype)
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setCardType(cardtype) {
this.cardtype = cardtype;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setExpiryDate(year, month)
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setExpiryDate(year, month) {
this.year = year;
this.month = month;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setLen(len)
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setLen(len) {
// Create the len array.
if (len.length == 0 || len == null)
len = "13,14,15,16,19";
 
var tmplen = len;
n = 1;
while (tmplen.indexOf(",") != -1) {
tmplen = tmplen.substring(tmplen.indexOf(",") + 1, tmplen.length);
n++;
}
this.len = new makeArray(n);
n = 0;
while (len.indexOf(",") != -1) {
var tmpstr = len.substring(0, len.indexOf(","));
this.len[n] = tmpstr;
len = len.substring(len.indexOf(",") + 1, len.length);
n++;
}
this.len[n] = len;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setRules()
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setRules(rules) {
// Create the rules array.
if (rules.length == 0 || rules == null)
rules = "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9";
  
var tmprules = rules;
n = 1;
while (tmprules.indexOf(",") != -1) {
tmprules = tmprules.substring(tmprules.indexOf(",") + 1, tmprules.length);
n++;
}
this.rules = new makeArray(n);
n = 0;
while (rules.indexOf(",") != -1) {
var tmpstr = rules.substring(0, rules.indexOf(","));
this.rules[n] = tmpstr;
rules = rules.substring(rules.indexOf(",") + 1, rules.length);
n++;
}
this.rules[n] = rules;
return this;
}
//  End -->
</script>
</HEAD>
 
<!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document  -->
 
<BODY>
 
<center>
<form name="ThisForm">
Card Number: <input name="CardNumber" size="16" maxlength="19"><br>
Card Type:
<select name="CardType">
<option value="MasterCard">MasterCard
<option value="VisaCard">Visa
<option value="AmExCard">American Express
<option value="DinersClubCard">Diners Club
<option value="DiscoverCard">Discover
<option value="enRouteCard">enRoute
<option value="JCBCard">JCB
</select>
<br>
Expiration Date: Month
<select name="ExpMon">
<option value="1" selected>1
<option value="2">2
<option value="3">3
<option value="4">4
<option value="5">5
<option value="6">6
<option value="7">7
<option value="8">8
<option value="9">9
<option value="10">10
<option value="11">11
<option value="12">12
</select>
Year <input name="ExpYear" size="2" maxlength="2">(Range: 1997~2020)<br>
<input type="button" value="Check" OnClick="CheckCardNumber(this.form)"><br>
</form>
</center>
 
<p><center>
<font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br>
by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></font>
</center><p>
 
<!-- Script Size:  12.38 KB -->

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The code above works just fine.  When i comment out line 74 i get a js error.  I need the form to submit if valid instead of a popup message.
Avatar of Robin Uijt
Have a look at the code.

I added an onSubmit event to the form, calling the checkSubmit() function. This one calls
the CheckCardNumber() function and does the actual checking. I had to change this function
so it returned false or true for an invalid or valid card.

Adding a check for cvc or cvv code will be hard or impossible.
Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_Security_Code
<HTML><HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Original:  Simon Tneoh (tneohcb@pc.jaring.my) -->
 
<!-- This script and many more are available free online at -->
<!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com -->
 
<!-- Begin
var Cards = new makeArray(8);
Cards[0] = new CardType("MasterCard", "51,52,53,54,55", "16");
var MasterCard = Cards[0];
Cards[1] = new CardType("VisaCard", "4", "13,16");
var VisaCard = Cards[1];
Cards[2] = new CardType("AmExCard", "34,37", "15");
var AmExCard = Cards[2];
Cards[3] = new CardType("DinersClubCard", "30,36,38", "14");
var DinersClubCard = Cards[3];
Cards[4] = new CardType("DiscoverCard", "6011", "16");
var DiscoverCard = Cards[4];
Cards[5] = new CardType("enRouteCard", "2014,2149", "15");
var enRouteCard = Cards[5];
Cards[6] = new CardType("JCBCard", "3088,3096,3112,3158,3337,3528", "16");
var JCBCard = Cards[6];
var LuhnCheckSum = Cards[7] = new CardType();
 
/*************************************************************************\
CheckCardNumber(form)
function called when users click the "check" button.
\*************************************************************************/
function CheckCardNumber(form) {
var tmpyear;
if (form.CardNumber.value.length == 0) {
alert("Please enter a Card Number.");
form.CardNumber.focus();
return false;
}
if (form.ExpYear.value.length == 0) {
alert("Please enter the Expiration Year.");
form.ExpYear.focus();
return false;
}
if (form.ExpYear.value > 96)
tmpyear = "19" + form.ExpYear.value;
else if (form.ExpYear.value < 21)
tmpyear = "20" + form.ExpYear.value;
else {
alert("The Expiration Year is not valid.");
return false;
}
tmpmonth = form.ExpMon.options[form.ExpMon.selectedIndex].value;
// The following line doesn't work in IE3, you need to change it
// to something like "(new CardType())...".
// if (!CardType().isExpiryDate(tmpyear, tmpmonth)) {
if (!(new CardType()).isExpiryDate(tmpyear, tmpmonth)) {
alert("This card has already expired.");
return false;
}
card = form.CardType.options[form.CardType.selectedIndex].value;
var retval = eval(card + ".checkCardNumber(\"" + form.CardNumber.value +
"\", " + tmpyear + ", " + tmpmonth + ");");
cardname = "";
if (retval) {
// comment this out if used on an order form
//alert("This card number appears to be valid.");
return true;
}
else {
// The cardnumber has the valid luhn checksum, but we want to know which
// cardtype it belongs to.
for (var n = 0; n < Cards.size; n++) {
if (Cards[n].checkCardNumber(form.CardNumber.value, tmpyear, tmpmonth)) {
cardname = Cards[n].getCardType();
break;
   }
}
if (cardname.length > 0) {
alert("This looks like a " + cardname + " number, not a " + card + " number.");
return false;
}
else {
alert("This card number is not valid.");
return false;
      }
   }
}
/*************************************************************************\
Object CardType([String cardtype, String rules, String len, int year, 
                                        int month])
cardtype    : type of card, eg: MasterCard, Visa, etc.
rules       : rules of the cardnumber, eg: "4", "6011", "34,37".
len         : valid length of cardnumber, eg: "16,19", "13,16".
year        : year of expiry date.
month       : month of expiry date.
eg:
var VisaCard = new CardType("Visa", "4", "16");
var AmExCard = new CardType("AmEx", "34,37", "15");
\*************************************************************************/
function CardType() {
var n;
var argv = CardType.arguments;
var argc = CardType.arguments.length;
 
this.objname = "object CardType";
 
var tmpcardtype = (argc > 0) ? argv[0] : "CardObject";
var tmprules = (argc > 1) ? argv[1] : "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9";
var tmplen = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : "13,14,15,16,19";
 
this.setCardNumber = setCardNumber;  // set CardNumber method.
this.setCardType = setCardType;  // setCardType method.
this.setLen = setLen;  // setLen method.
this.setRules = setRules;  // setRules method.
this.setExpiryDate = setExpiryDate;  // setExpiryDate method.
 
this.setCardType(tmpcardtype);
this.setLen(tmplen);
this.setRules(tmprules);
if (argc > 4)
this.setExpiryDate(argv[3], argv[4]);
 
this.checkCardNumber = checkCardNumber;  // checkCardNumber method.
this.getExpiryDate = getExpiryDate;  // getExpiryDate method.
this.getCardType = getCardType;  // getCardType method.
this.isCardNumber = isCardNumber;  // isCardNumber method.
this.isExpiryDate = isExpiryDate;  // isExpiryDate method.
this.luhnCheck = luhnCheck;// luhnCheck method.
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
boolean checkCardNumber([String cardnumber, int year, int month])
return true if cardnumber pass the luhncheck and the expiry date is
valid, else return false.
\*************************************************************************/
function checkCardNumber() {
var argv = checkCardNumber.arguments;
var argc = checkCardNumber.arguments.length;
var cardnumber = (argc > 0) ? argv[0] : this.cardnumber;
var year = (argc > 1) ? argv[1] : this.year;
var month = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : this.month;
 
this.setCardNumber(cardnumber);
this.setExpiryDate(year, month);
 
if (!this.isCardNumber())
return false;
if (!this.isExpiryDate())
return false;
 
return true;
}
/*************************************************************************\
String getCardType()
return the cardtype.
\*************************************************************************/
function getCardType() {
return this.cardtype;
}
/*************************************************************************\
String getExpiryDate()
return the expiry date.
\*************************************************************************/
function getExpiryDate() {
return this.month + "/" + this.year;
}
/*************************************************************************\
boolean isCardNumber([String cardnumber])
return true if cardnumber pass the luhncheck and the rules, else return
false.
\*************************************************************************/
function isCardNumber() {
var argv = isCardNumber.arguments;
var argc = isCardNumber.arguments.length;
var cardnumber = (argc > 0) ? argv[0] : this.cardnumber;
if (!this.luhnCheck())
return false;
 
for (var n = 0; n < this.len.size; n++)
if (cardnumber.toString().length == this.len[n]) {
for (var m = 0; m < this.rules.size; m++) {
var headdigit = cardnumber.substring(0, this.rules[m].toString().length);
if (headdigit == this.rules[m])
return true;
}
return false;
}
return false;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
boolean isExpiryDate([int year, int month])
return true if the date is a valid expiry date,
else return false.
\*************************************************************************/
function isExpiryDate() {
var argv = isExpiryDate.arguments;
var argc = isExpiryDate.arguments.length;
 
year = argc > 0 ? argv[0] : this.year;
month = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : this.month;
 
if (!isNum(year+""))
return false;
if (!isNum(month+""))
return false;
today = new Date();
expiry = new Date(year, month);
if (today.getTime() > expiry.getTime())
return false;
else
return true;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
boolean isNum(String argvalue)
return true if argvalue contains only numeric characters,
else return false.
\*************************************************************************/
function isNum(argvalue) {
argvalue = argvalue.toString();
 
if (argvalue.length == 0)
return false;
 
for (var n = 0; n < argvalue.length; n++)
if (argvalue.substring(n, n+1) < "0" || argvalue.substring(n, n+1) > "9")
return false;
 
return true;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
boolean luhnCheck([String CardNumber])
return true if CardNumber pass the luhn check else return false.
Reference: http://www.ling.nwu.edu/~sburke/pub/luhn_lib.pl
\*************************************************************************/
function luhnCheck() {
var argv = luhnCheck.arguments;
var argc = luhnCheck.arguments.length;
 
var CardNumber = argc > 0 ? argv[0] : this.cardnumber;
 
if (! isNum(CardNumber)) {
return false;
  }
 
var no_digit = CardNumber.length;
var oddoeven = no_digit & 1;
var sum = 0;
 
for (var count = 0; count < no_digit; count++) {
var digit = parseInt(CardNumber.charAt(count));
if (!((count & 1) ^ oddoeven)) {
digit *= 2;
if (digit > 9)
digit -= 9;
}
sum += digit;
}
if (sum % 10 == 0)
return true;
else
return false;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
ArrayObject makeArray(int size)
return the array object in the size specified.
\*************************************************************************/
function makeArray(size) {
this.size = size;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setCardNumber(cardnumber)
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setCardNumber(cardnumber) {
this.cardnumber = cardnumber;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setCardType(cardtype)
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setCardType(cardtype) {
this.cardtype = cardtype;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setExpiryDate(year, month)
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setExpiryDate(year, month) {
this.year = year;
this.month = month;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setLen(len)
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setLen(len) {
// Create the len array.
if (len.length == 0 || len == null)
len = "13,14,15,16,19";
 
var tmplen = len;
n = 1;
while (tmplen.indexOf(",") != -1) {
tmplen = tmplen.substring(tmplen.indexOf(",") + 1, tmplen.length);
n++;
}
this.len = new makeArray(n);
n = 0;
while (len.indexOf(",") != -1) {
var tmpstr = len.substring(0, len.indexOf(","));
this.len[n] = tmpstr;
len = len.substring(len.indexOf(",") + 1, len.length);
n++;
}
this.len[n] = len;
return this;
}
 
/*************************************************************************\
CardType setRules()
return the CardType object.
\*************************************************************************/
function setRules(rules) {
// Create the rules array.
if (rules.length == 0 || rules == null)
rules = "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9";
  
var tmprules = rules;
n = 1;
while (tmprules.indexOf(",") != -1) {
tmprules = tmprules.substring(tmprules.indexOf(",") + 1, tmprules.length);
n++;
}
this.rules = new makeArray(n);
n = 0;
while (rules.indexOf(",") != -1) {
var tmpstr = rules.substring(0, rules.indexOf(","));
this.rules[n] = tmpstr;
rules = rules.substring(rules.indexOf(",") + 1, rules.length);
n++;
}
this.rules[n] = rules;
return this;
}
 
function checkSubmit(frm)
{
   return CheckCardNumber(frm);
}
//  End -->
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
 
<center>
<form name="ThisForm" onSubmit="return checkSubmit(this);">
Card Number: <input name="CardNumber" size="16" maxlength="19"><br>
Card Type:
<select name="CardType">
<option value="MasterCard">MasterCard
<option value="VisaCard">Visa
<option value="AmExCard">American Express
<option value="DinersClubCard">Diners Club
<option value="DiscoverCard">Discover
<option value="enRouteCard">enRoute
<option value="JCBCard">JCB
</select>
<br>
Expiration Date: Month
<select name="ExpMon">
<option value="1" selected>1
<option value="2">2
<option value="3">3
<option value="4">4
<option value="5">5
<option value="6">6
<option value="7">7
<option value="8">8
<option value="9">9
<option value="10">10
<option value="11">11
<option value="12">12
</select>
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Great thanks that works just fine now -- The cvc code check i'm thinking of is making sure its a 3 digit code unless american express is selected in the dropdown then it should be a 4 digit.
Checking the length of cvc code, won't garantee that it is a valid one.

The algorithm is only known to the credit card providers.
i'm just trying to catch as much as i can before the generic error code of my merchant account pops up.  I'm unable to edit those error messages therefore, i'm adding in some basic validation to catch some prior to receiving the merchants error page is all.  Any insight on adding the basic cvc code length based on cctype to the above code would be great!!
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Thank you so much -- I've incorporated this onto my form and its working perfectly now!!
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