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04-19-2010, 04:05 AM

[eluser]$ilovephp[/eluser]
[quote author="invision" date="1271688433"]Way-heeeeeey!!!!

That worked perfectly.

So if I wanted it to take the real value of the email field, how can I do this?

And would I just do this for the other fields on my page, instead of using the array?

Thank you once more for your help and patience.[/quote]

What do you mean get the real value of the email field? Did you mean the $_POST in PHP? Or, are you planning to repopulate the fields after error occurred upon submission of the form?

to retrieve the data submitted by a user, we use $this->input->post('field_name');

to repopulate the field with the data supplied by the user, you may use $this->validation->field_name.

So, in applying the $this->validation->field_name, we add something to the code i just gave you

Code:
$email = array

         ('name'=> 'email',

          'id' => 'email',

          'value'=>$this->validation->email

         );

echo form_input($email);

you're welcome, by the way

04-19-2010, 04:31 AM

[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Oh wow, you're a legend sir.
That's exactly what I'm after. I'm off to spend the afternoon rejigging this form. If you're ever in Scotland, have a beer/refreshment of your choice, on me.

04-19-2010, 04:47 AM

[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Back again Smile

Yes, I'd need to store the form value in $email so I can email it later in the script.
I'd also want to store it in the field too.

Just to confirm, my Controller would have:

Code:
...

$fields['email'] = array

         ('name'=> 'email',

          'id' => 'email',

          'value'=>$this->validation->email

         );

$this->validation->set_fields($fields);

...

and my View would have:

Code:
&lt;?php

  if($this->validation->email_error != '')  {

    $email['style'] = 'border:2px solid red';

  }

  ?&gt;

  <p><label for="email">E-mail</label><br />&lt;?php echo form_input($email); ?&gt;</p>

Does this make sense?

Thanks again for your help

04-19-2010, 06:31 AM

[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Hi,

Apologies for the barriage of posts here.

I've decided to try it out on a simpler bit of code.

view

Code:
&lt;html&gt;

&lt;head&gt;

&lt;title&gt;My Form&lt;/title&gt;

&lt;/head&gt;

&lt;body&gt;

&lt;?php echo validation_errors('<div class="error">', '</div>'); ?&gt;

&lt;?php echo form_open('form'); ?&gt;

<h5>Username</h5>

&lt;input type="text" name="cname" value="&lt;?php echo set_value('cname'); ?&gt;" size="50" /&gt;

&lt;?php echo form_error('cname', '<div class="error">', '</div>'); ?&gt;

<h5>Password</h5>

&lt;input type="text" name="password" value="&lt;?php echo set_value('password'); ?&gt;" size="50" /&gt;

<h5>Password Confirm</h5>

&lt;input type="text" name="passconf" value="&lt;?php echo set_value('passconf'); ?&gt;" size="50" /&gt;

<h5>Email Address</h5>

&lt;input type="text" name="email" value="&lt;?php echo set_value('email'); ?&gt;" size="50" /&gt;

<div>&lt;input type="submit" value="Submit" /&gt;&lt;/div>

&lt;/form&gt;

&lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;

controller

Code:
&lt;?php

class Form extends Controller {

    function index()

    {

        $this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));

        $this->load->library('form_validation');

    $this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('<div class="error">', '</div>');

        $this->form_validation->set_rules('cname', 'Company Name', 'required');

        $this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'required');

        $this->form_validation->set_rules('passconf', 'Password Confirmation', 'required');

        $this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required');

        if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)

        {

            $this->load->view('myform');

        }

        else

        {

            $this->load->view('formsuccess');

        }

    }

}

?&gt;

What is the best way to place a red border around any invalid fields?

04-19-2010, 06:37 AM

[eluser]Bart v B[/eluser]
Youre raping CI Wink

There is no need to do that in that way..

Just add an form_error() where you want to echo the error..

Code:
<p>

    &lt;?php echo form_error('email');?&gt;

    <label for="email">E-mail</label><br />&lt;?php echo form_input($email); ?&gt;

  </p>

in youre controller:

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

$this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('<div class="error">','</div>');

And at last you want some color on the error that were doing with CSS:
[code]
.error {
color:#ff0000;
}
[code]

That's all Smile

04-19-2010, 06:43 AM

[eluser]Bart v B[/eluser]
i was posting before i saw youre last repley.

Just add in youre CSS

Code:
.error {

border:1px; dashed color:#ff0000;

}

04-19-2010, 06:50 AM

[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Thanks for the reply kind gent.

Aaaah. Yes, but will that add the border to the field itself?

Sorry, I didn't mean to attack CI in that way. I'm new here. I thought she said she was cool with it Wink

04-19-2010, 06:54 AM

[eluser]Bart v B[/eluser]
[quote author="invision" date="1271699439"]Thanks for the reply kind gent.

Aaaah. Yes, but will that add the border to the field itself?

Sorry, I didn't mean to attack CI in that way. I'm new here. I thought she said she was cool with it Wink

[/quote]

Hmmm.. i think that you must do then some magic with javascript.
Need to go now, i ll try to do that later..

04-19-2010, 06:54 AM

[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Cool man.

Appreciate.

In the mean time, I'll clean up all the other bits of the form Smile

04-19-2010, 07:17 PM

[eluser]$ilovephp[/eluser]
[quote author="Bart v B" date="1271698992"]i was posting before i saw youre last repley.

Just add in youre CSS

Code:
.error {

border:1px; dashed color:#ff0000;

}

[/quote]

You're Right! Why I haven't think this kind of solution... maybe i am too carried with the power of CI... hehe