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Controller validation works, Config/Validation - Syntax error - BilltheCat - 05-19-2020
Maybe this will be an obvious question, but I can't see what's wrong with it.
If I use this validation rule in my Controller, it works fine. Doing basically the same thing in Config/Validation, and my IDE gives me a syntax error message
Controller:
PHP Code:
// validate form input
$this->validation->setRules([
'identity' => [
'label' => str_replace(':', '', lang('Auth.login_identity_label')),
'rules' => 'required'
],
'password' => [
'label' => str_replace(':', '', lang('Auth.login_password_label')),
'rules' => 'required'
]
]);
Config/Validation:
PHP Code:
public $login = [
'identity' => [
'label' => str_replace(':', '', lang('Auth.login_identity_label')),
'rules' => 'required'
],
'password' => [
'label' => str_replace(':', '', lang('Auth.login_password_label')),
'rules' => 'required'
]
];
Syntax error:
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RE: Controller validation works, Config/Validation - Syntax error - jreklund - 05-19-2020
That's because it's an variable. You can't execute functions in there. Not specific to CodeIgniter, it's PHP itself.
RE: Controller validation works, Config/Validation - Syntax error - BilltheCat - 05-19-2020
(05-19-2020, 09:57 AM)jreklund Wrote: That's because it's an variable. You can't execute functions in there. Not specific to CodeIgniter, it's PHP itself.
Thanks, that's what I thought was happening, as I tried a few variations that also didn't work.
Can you point me to a doc, or even a google search that would give more details? I tried, but I don't know specifically what to search for here.
RE: Controller validation works, Config/Validation - Syntax error - jreklund - 05-19-2020
Hi, the correct term are Class Properties.
https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.properties.php
"This declaration may include an initialization, but this initialization must be a constant value--that is, it must be able to be evaluated at compile time and must not depend on run-time information in order to be evaluated."