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Need help using valid_url rule reference - eldan88 - 05-11-2015
Hey Guys,
I am trying to use the valid_url rule in CodeIgniter and it doesn't seem to be working.
When I submit the form by just typing it "test" it doesn't display any kind of validation error. I'm not sure what is wrong here.
If anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
PHP Code:
private function validateForm(){
$this->form_validation->set_rules("proj_url","project URL", "required|valid_url",[
"required" => "Please enter a project url",
"valid_url" => "Please enter the %s in the correct url format (www.myproject.com)"
]);
}
RE: Need help using valid_url rule reference - RobertSF - 05-11-2015
Is the required rule working? I ask because that code just sets up the rules. To send the submitted data to validation, you have to use.
PHP Code:
if ($this->form_validation->run())
{
// form data validated ok
}
else
{
// form data failed validation
}
RE: Need help using valid_url rule reference - eldan88 - 05-11-2015
Yes the required rule is working.I had to change the core function of valid_url... for some reason it wasn't working properly
RE: Need help using valid_url rule reference - Narf - 05-12-2015
It is working properly, 'test' is a valid hostname and therefore a valid URL too, no matter how strange that may seem at first.
RE: Need help using valid_url rule reference - Avenirer - 05-12-2015
@eldan88 what do you mean it wasn't working properly? "test" IS a valid url. If you want, after validation you can at any time do a prep_url() on the value.
RE: Need help using valid_url rule reference - gabrielcastillo - 11-06-2017
I had the same issue.. I would post "224regqawergwgw" without any domain identifier and still return true for valid url...
My solution was to create a callback function and check the string with a filter.
PHP Code:
$this->form_validation->set_rules('add_website', 'website url', 'trim|required|callback_check_valid_url');
PHP Code:
public function check_valid_url( $param )
{
if( ! filter_var($param, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) ){
$this->form_validation->set_message('check_valid_url', 'The {field} must be a valid url');
return FALSE;
}else{
return TRUE;
}
}