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Problems loading validation rules in config file - El Forum - 01-13-2010
[eluser]built2fall[/eluser]
Hello, I'm new to CodeIgniter and very much liking it so far, however I've run into a problem. I'm having difficulty getting my validation rules to load automatically from file by associating a controller function with a rule group. Following the Saving Sets of Validation Rules to a Config File, I placed my form validation rules within a file named form_validation.php in application/configs. However, no validation errors are being printed out by validation_errors(). I have tried making a specific rule group and inserting as a parameter to form_validation->run(), but I get the same result. However, If I set the rules manually in the controller file using set_rules() it works properly. Anyone have any advice?
Here is my code:
Controller: controllers/signup.php
Code:
<?php
class Signup extends Controller {
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->output->enable_profiler(TRUE);
$this->load->helper('recaptcha');
}
function index() {
$username = $this->input->post('username');
$password = $this->input->post('password');
$email = $this->input->post('email');
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
$data = array('captcha_form' => recaptcha_get_html($this->config->item('public_key', 'recaptcha')));
$this->load->view('auth/signup', $data);
}
else
{
// create new user account
}
}
}
?>View: views/auth/signup.php
Code:
<?php doctype('xhtml1-strict'); ?>
<html >
<head>
<title>Signup</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="description" content="" />
<meta name="keywords" content="" />
<meta name="robots" content="" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>css/screen.css" media="screen,projection" charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<?php echo validation_errors(); ?>
<?php echo form_open('signup', array('id' => 'form-signup')) ?>
<fieldset>
<label for="username">Username</label>
<input type="text" name="username" value="<?php echo set_value('username'); ?>" id="username" maxlength="15" tabindex="1" />
<label for="password">Password</label>
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" maxlength="255" tabindex="2" />
<label for="email">Email</label>
<input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo set_value('email'); ?>" id="email" maxlength="255" tabindex="3" />
<?php echo $captcha_form; ?>
<input type="submit" value="Create Account" id="create-acct-btn" tabindex="5" />
</fieldset>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>
</body>
</html>Validation Rules: config/form_validation.php
Code:
<?php
$config = array(
'signup/index' => array(
array(
'field' => 'username',
'label' => 'lang:username',
'rules' => 'trim|required|min_length[3]|max_length[15]|alpha_dash|unique_username|xss_clean'
),
array(
'field' => 'password',
'label' => 'lang:password',
'rules' => 'trim|required|min_length[6]|max_length[255]|xss_clean'
),
array(
'field' => 'email',
'label' => 'lang:email',
'rules' => 'trim|required|max_length[255]|valid_email|unique_email|xss_clean'
),
array(
'field' => 'recaptcha_response_field',
'label' => 'lang:recaptcha',
'rules' => 'required|valid_captcha'
)
),
'login/index' => array(
array(
'field' => 'login',
'label' => 'lang:login',
'rules' => 'trim|exists|xss_clean'
),
array(
'field' => 'password',
'label' => 'lang:password',
'rules' => 'trim|xss_clean'
),
array(
'field' => 'remember',
'label' => '',
'rules' => 'integer'
)
),
'account/forgot_password' => array(
array(
'field' => 'login',
'label' => 'lang:login',
'rules' => 'trim|exists|xss_clean'
)
)
);
?>Problems loading validation rules in config file - El Forum - 01-13-2010
[eluser]flaky[/eluser]
Code:
if ($this->form_validation->run('signup/index') == FALSE)Problems loading validation rules in config file - El Forum - 01-13-2010
[eluser]built2fall[/eluser]
EDIT: scratch that, still not working.
Problems loading validation rules in config file - El Forum - 01-13-2010
[eluser]nkm82[/eluser]
Are you auto-loading the library? If not, you must explicitly load it at the controller.
Code:
$this->load->library('form_validation');Problems loading validation rules in config file - El Forum - 01-13-2010
[eluser]built2fall[/eluser]
It was being loaded in a custom library (which itself was auto loaded). Tried loading explicitly in the controller, same result. And just to reiterate it works if I explicitly set the rules in the controller:
Code:
$config = array(
array(
'field' => 'username',
'label' => 'lang:username',
'rules' => 'trim|required|min_length[3]|max_length[15]|alpha_dash|unique_username|xss_clean'
),
array(
'field' => 'password',
'label' => 'lang:password',
'rules' => 'trim|required|min_length[6]|max_length[255]|xss_clean'
),
array(
'field' => 'email',
'label' => 'lang:email',
'rules' => 'trim|required|max_length[255]|valid_email|unique_email|xss_clean'
),
array(
'field' => 'recaptcha_response_field',
'label' => 'lang:recaptcha',
'rules' => 'required|valid_captcha'
)
);
$this->form_validation->set_rules($config);EDIT: I guess I'll just settle for making the validation rules a config file and autoload it. Followed by adding the following line to index()
Code:
$this->form_validation->set_rules($this->config->item('signup', 'validation_rules'));Problems loading validation rules in config file - El Forum - 01-17-2010
[eluser]ekevin[/eluser]
Hi,
I've just had the same problem, following this topic I put
Code:
$this->form_validation->run('[b]controller/login[/b]')instead of
Code:
$this->form_validation->run('[b]accounts/login[/b]')And it worked. Not sure about the logic of putting the word controller. What should I do if I had the two same name methods in two different classes ?
Ex:
Code:
// file a.php
class A extends Controller {
//...
function login() {
// ...
// check
//
if ($this->form_validation->run('controller/login') == FALSE)
...
}
}
// file b.php
class B extends Controller {
//...
function login() {
// ...
// check
$this->form_validation->run('controller/login')
...
}
}Problems loading validation rules in config file - El Forum - 01-17-2010
[eluser]MurkeyDismal[/eluser]
I may be wrong, but shouldn't line 5 read
Code:
parent::Controller();Problems loading validation rules in config file - El Forum - 01-17-2010
[eluser]ekevin[/eluser]
@MurkeyDismal: you're not wrong
-> [url="http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/controllers.html#constructors"]user guide (controller)[/url]
Problems loading validation rules in config file - El Forum - 01-17-2010
[eluser]built2fall[/eluser]
[quote author="MurkeyDismal" date="1263769665"]I may be wrong, but shouldn't line 5 read
Code:
parent::Controller();parent::__construct() and parent::Controller() are equivalent as far as I know--they both call the constructor of the parent class. If I'm not mistaken, the latter is simply used for backward compatibility with PHP4. http://us2.php.net/construct