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How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-24-2011
[eluser]DaTran[/eluser]
I have this in my controller; as you can see i am using the form validation config file to call all validations.
Code:
if($this->form_validation->run('anime/add') == TRUE){
if($this->anime_model->add($this->input->post())){
if($this->upload->do_upload('image')){
$template['result'] = TRUE;
}
}
}How do I use the form validation to "require" the
Code:
<input type="file" name="image" size="20" />It keeps saying that there is no image selected.
I am also using MY_Form_validation.php to call in custom validations.
How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-25-2011
[eluser]toopay[/eluser]
Code:
$this->form_validation->set_rules('image', 'Image', 'required');How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-27-2011
[eluser]DaTran[/eluser]
That only works for normal input values. It doesn't work if the input type="file"
How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-27-2011
[eluser]toopay[/eluser]
Oh crap, sorry about that. Not really follow this thread carefully.
Can you show your full view file?
How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-27-2011
[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
Check the $_FILE array to see if contains your file!
InsiteFX
How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-27-2011
[eluser]toopay[/eluser]
InsiteFX, looks like what he want to apply is 'client-side' validation, since he mention...
[quote author="DaTran" date="1303690398"]It keeps saying that there is no image selected.[/quote]
which mean, the server-side did inspect the input (i'm not aware this too at my first response). I bet, what he need is simple Javascript function on his view files, that prevent submiting the form before user select a file!
How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-27-2011
[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
@toopay,
He is using the upload class, so the only way he check a file is through the $_FILE array.
Or try the helper function:
Code:
$this->upload->data()File Uploading Class
InsiteFX
How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-27-2011
[eluser]DaTran[/eluser]
I think that is just what I needed however, I have an issue with form_validation when it is empty the MY_Form_validation callback I made will never be called to check if the file is selected or not. So no error message is displayed when the input type="file" is empty.
Here is my callback in my MY_Form_validaiton
Code:
function image($str){
$this->CI->form_validation->set_message('image', 'No %s has been selected');
if($this->upload->data()){
return TRUE;
}else{
return FALSE;
}
}here is more information if it helps (the controller):
Code:
if($this->input->post())
{
if($this->form_validation->run('anime/add') == TRUE){
if($this->anime_model->add($this->input->post())){
if($this->upload->do_upload('image')){
$template['result'] = TRUE;
}
}
}
}the config form_validation.php
Code:
$config = array(
// ADD ANIME
'anime/add' => array(
array(
'field' => 'image',
'label' => 'Image',
'rules' => 'image'
),
array(
'field' => 'title',
'label' => 'Title',
'rules' => 'trim|url_title|required|xss_clean|unique[anime.title]'
),
array(
'field' => 'aka',
'label' => 'Aka',
'rules' => ''
),
array(
'field' => 'slug',
'label' => 'User friendly URL',
'rules' => 'trim|required|xss_clean|url_title|unique[anime.slug]'
),
array(
'field' => 'yp',
'label' => 'Year Published',
'rules' => 'trim|required|integer|min_length[4]'
),
array(
'field' => 'noe',
'label' => 'Number of episodes',
'rules' => 'trim|integer'
),
array(
'field' => 'summary',
'label' => 'Summary',
'rules' => 'trim|required|xss_clean'
)
),How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-27-2011
[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
Try this:
Code:
'anime/add' => array(
array(
'field' => 'image',
'label' => 'Image',
'rules' => 'image|callback_image'
),InsiteFX
How do I validate that a file has been selected. - El Forum - 04-27-2011
[eluser]DaTran[/eluser]
It didn't work sorry.