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set_value not re-populating textarea after validation fails - El Forum - 02-04-2009
[eluser]tim1965[/eluser]
Hi Can anyone confirm if they have set_value working correctly with Textarea´s. I have a couple of very complex forms, with lots of checkboxes, menus, etc. Everything is re-populating correclty when i re-display the form if validation fails. Except my textarea fields. I have validation rules set up correctly, but they dont seem to want to work. I have duble checked everything and they should work. I will post the relevant bits of code in the hope that somewill will eyeball them for me and see if they can see what i am missing.
Controller validation rule
$this->form_validation->set_rules('contactnotes', 'Contact Notes', 'trim|required|max_length[300]|alpha_dash_space');
view
<label for="contactnotes">Your Telephone contact detials to be displayed </label>
</div>
<textarea name="contactnotes" id="contactnotes" cols="50" rows="6" class="countdown limit_300_" value="<?php echo set_value('contactnotes'); ?>" ></textarea>
<br /><span class="phperror"><?php echo form_error('contactnotes'); ?></span>
<span class="remaining"><!-- --></span>
There is a little bit of javascript in there as well, but i dont think that is causing the problem.
Thanks in advance.
set_value not re-populating textarea after validation fails - El Forum - 02-04-2009
[eluser]Craig A Rodway[/eluser]
Textarea tags don't have a value attribute - the value goes between the opening and closing tags:
Code:
<textarea name="contactnotes" id="contactnotes" cols="50" rows="6" class="countdown limit_300_"><?php echo set_value('contactnotes'); ?></textarea>set_value not re-populating textarea after validation fails - El Forum - 02-04-2009
[eluser]tim1965[/eluser]
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. Its always the obvious ones. Thank you Craig.