# \#phone-validation

**URL:** https://community.gravityforms.com/tag/phone-validation/1188.md

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## [Error submitting forms after updating to Gravity Forms 3.x](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/error-submitting-forms-after-updating-to-gravity-forms-3-x/20381)

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**Author:** [@user6387445f50795589](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user6387445f50795589)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/error-submitting-forms-after-updating-to-gravity-forms-3-x/20381 "2026-08-12T02:32:20Z")

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I’m currently using Gravity Forms 2.10.5 and everything is working correctly. This is how it should work: As soon as I updated to Gravity Forms 3.0.2, it stopped submitting all forms. The date picker no longer expand…

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## [Remove Phone Validation](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/remove-phone-validation/18842)

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**Author:** [@panis](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/panis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/remove-phone-validation/18842 "2025-02-03T08:13:10Z")

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So I am trying to get rid of the phone validation. I did try adding a extra phone format but then it just compared the regex of the one that I added additional to the international one. I want customers to give in any …

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## [Phone Validation - Any improvements that can be made?](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/phone-validation-any-improvements-that-can-be-made/16358)

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**Author:** [@user5e4e0b0560a10293](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5e4e0b0560a10293)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/phone-validation-any-improvements-that-can-be-made/16358 "2023-11-27T14:41:35Z")

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Hi, I’m sure plenty of you run into submissions from fake users / users that don’t want to give real details / users that make mistakes… I’ve worked on creating some some code using the gform\_validation hook to try and…

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## [Phone field accessibility issue](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/phone-field-accessibility-issue/15809)

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**Author:** [@bibliocommons](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/bibliocommons)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/phone-field-accessibility-issue/15809 "2023-08-31T16:12:45Z")

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We’ve noticed an issue when using the Phone field where the format error message that displays underneath the field after submitting the form is not associated with the Phone field via “aria-describedby”. The “This fiel…

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## [How to validate International phone number to disallow letters](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/how-to-validate-international-phone-number-to-disallow-letters/13204)

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**Author:** [@user5b8b7103ede0c0.5](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5b8b7103ede0c0.5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/how-to-validate-international-phone-number-to-disallow-letters/13204 "2022-08-10T13:58:03Z")

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Hi, my form needs to allow for users anywhere in the world to input their phone number, therefore, I cannot use the North American format which includes a numbers-only validation. Why does the International format allow…

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## [Force rule on field Phone Number](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/force-rule-on-field-phone-number/12406)

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**Author:** [@user5fbb33c249ba1931](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5fbb33c249ba1931)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/force-rule-on-field-phone-number/12406 "2022-04-11T14:34:43Z")

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Hey guys, Hopefully an easy one that I’m just missing. I need to force the field phone number to only accept numbers? We’re getting spam, even through security checks etc.

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## [Check my work: gform\_field\_validation filter to prevent fake US phone numbers](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/check-my-work-gform-field-validation-filter-to-prevent-fake-us-phone-numbers/10729)

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**Author:** [@user6074b0f5790fe301](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user6074b0f5790fe301)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/check-my-work-gform-field-validation-filter-to-prevent-fake-us-phone-numbers/10729 "2021-09-10T20:11:11Z")

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Our contact form requires a working phone number, and the most common tactic to circumvent this is when people type in obvious fakes such as: (000) 000-0000 (123) 456-7890 I want to use the gform\_field\_validation filt…

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## [Phone number - prevent first digit from being 1 \[RESOLVED\]](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/phone-number-prevent-first-digit-from-being-1-resolved/10108)

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**Author:** [@user5e7fc0e42eaf0499](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5e7fc0e42eaf0499)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/phone-number-prevent-first-digit-from-being-1-resolved/10108 "2021-07-01T17:32:19Z")

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Hello. I am seeing several form entries come through where the user errantly adds a 1 before their phone number. Incidentally, it cuts off the last digit of their phone number. Is there a way to prevent a 1 from ever …

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## [How to trigger phone lookup?](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/how-to-trigger-phone-lookup/8887)

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**Author:** [@user5ea189114a393891](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5ea189114a393891)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/how-to-trigger-phone-lookup/8887 "2021-04-28T18:38:36Z")

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Hi I’ve added some PHP to my site from postcoder.com who perform number and address lookups. I want to add mobile number lookup so I’ve added the code to the site but how do I get the form/phone number field to perform …
