triming on data submitting - Printable Version

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triming on data submitting - mstdmstd - 01-07-2017

Hi all,
In CI 3.1 I can use trim condition if I want to make checks without trailing whitespaces

PHP Code:
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'email', 'trim|required|valid_email'); 

But that is only for validating.
If there are filters on data submitting/saving to remove whitespaces on enetered data, withoiut trim any field ?
Thanks!

RE: triming on data submitting - gaska96 - 01-07-2017

Try with jQuery to stop every whitespace Smile

RE: triming on data submitting - PaulD - 01-07-2017

You are always going to have to trim data to remove whitespace in text fields (if whitespace is a problem). Even if you do it with JS browser side, you will still have to check and remove it server side too. So you are always going to need a trim function of some sort.

PHP's trim function,

Code:
trim($string);

http://php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php

Jquery's trim function

Code:
$.trim(string);

https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.trim/

Javascript trim function

Code:
string.trim()

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_trim_string.asp

The 'trim' in the form validation is just applying the native php's trim function. You can set any php function with just one argument to a validation check in CI. https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/form_validation.html#prepping-data