Pre-populated inputs and validation

[eluser]Chop[/eluser]
I know I'm resurrecting this from the past, but I'm having this issue right now.

First off - it would be really nice if CI had two extra bits of functionality with the validation class. They have $rules and $fields definitions - now lets us define $values. These would be seed values that would be default values of $this->validation->{field_name} when no submit has taken place.

Next up, it'd be offly nice if there was a BOOL that we could access to see if the POST operation had happened. I know that you can fudge it with hidden values and chacking the post data, but it would still be nice to have a $validation_processed variable that we could hit.

Now then, with respect to the code in this post - thepyromaniac - I like the way you think. My only issue is that this:

Code:

isset($this->validation->$field)

seems to always be true with me. I'm not sure if this is a CI version difference, a PHP difference, or what - but my check had to be:

Code:

($this->validation->$field!="")

I'm off to the request forums to see if anyone else has made this request.