Validation v/s Form_Validation

[eluser]LuckyFella73[/eluser]
You can set an initial value using the form_validation like this:

Code:

<?php
# controller:
if ($query->num_rows() > 0)
{
    foreach ($query->result() as $row)
    {
        # whatever you want to edit from your db ..
        $data['title'] = $row->title;
        $data['date'] = $row->date;
        $data['text'] = $row->text;
    }
}

# view file:
?>
<input type="text" name="title" id="title" class="default" value="<?php echo set_value('title',$title); ?>"/>
<input type="text" name="date" id="date" class="default" value="<?php echo set_value('date',$date); ?>"/>
<input type="text" name="text" id="text" class="default" value="<?php echo set_value('text',$text); ?>"/>

In your controller you just need to check if your edit function is called
from your form - then set the $data['abcd'] part via your POST data instead
of db values.

Your callback function is only needed after submitting the form, so you can
use (for example):

Code:

$this->input->post('title')

to get the values.

Cheers