Custom validators for jQuery Tools

gistfile1.js

// custom validators

// generic validator for required input fields to work with validator() & [placeholder]
$.tools.validator.fn("input[required]", "Please complete this mandatory field.", function(input, value) {	
	var pass;
	if ((value == "") || (value == $(input).attr("placeholder"))) {			
		$(input).addClass("invalid");			
		pass = false;			
	} else {			
		$(input).removeClass("invalid");			
		pass = true;			
	}

	return pass;
});

// phone # validator
$.tools.validator.fn("input.phone", "Please enter a valid phone number.", function(input, value) {	
	var pass;
		if ( /^(\+\d)*\s*((\(\d{3}\)|\d{3}\-)\s*)*\d{3}(-{0,1}|\s{0,1})\d{2}(-{0,1}|\s{0,1})\d{2}$/.test(value) 
				|| /[0-9]{10}/.test(value) 
				|| (value == "") 
				|| (value == $(input).attr("placeholder"))) {			
		$(input).removeClass("invalid");			
		pass = true;			
	} else {			
		$(input).addClass("invalid");			
		pass = false;		
	}

	return pass;
});

// generic validator for required input fields to work with validator() & [placeholder]
$.tools.validator.fn("input.url", "Please enter a valid URL.", function(input, value) {	
	var pass;
	if ( /^(https?:\/\/)?([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})([\/\w \?=.-]*)*\/?$/.test(value) || (value == "") || (value == $(input).attr("placeholder"))) {				
		$(input).removeClass("invalid");			
		pass = true;			
	} /*
	else if (value.substr(0,3) != "http") {			
					$(input).addClass("invalid");			
					pass = false;		
	} 
	*/else {			
		$(input).addClass("invalid");			
		pass = false;		
	}

	return pass;
});

// generic validator for <select> that requires an option selection
// for this to work the value of the first option needs to be "#"
$.tools.validator.fn("select[required]", "Please make a selection.", function(input, value) {			
	// check select's value
	var pass = (value != "#") ? true : false;			
	// add "invalid" if test fails
	pass ? $(input).removeClass("invalid") : $(input).addClass("invalid");
	return pass;
});

// password check for spaces		
$.tools.validator.fn("[type='password']", "Please do not use spaces.", function(input) {		
	var pass; 			
	if ($(input).val().match(/ /g)) {			
		$(input).addClass("invalid");			
		pass = false;			
	} else {			
		$(input).removeClass("invalid");	
		pass = true;				
	}		
	return pass; 
});

// password matching validation, ("Value not equal with the $1 field")			
$.tools.validator.fn("[data-equals]", "The passwords entered do not match.", function(input) {
	var name = input.attr("data-equals"), field = this.getInputs().filter("[name=" + name + "]"); 
	return input.val() == field.val() ? true : [name]; 
});

// minlength validation (maxlength is a part of jquery tools, this is not)		
$.tools.validator.fn("[minlength]", "Please enter a value that is at least $1 characters.", function(input) {		
	var pass, minlength = input.attr("minlength"), length = $(input).val().length; 			
	if (length < minlength) {			
		$(input).addClass("invalid");			
		pass = [minlength];			
	} else {			
		$(input).removeClass("invalid");			
		pass = true;				
	}
	//console.log("minlength:",length,">",minlength,"?",pass);			
	return pass; 
});