Styling CI form_input

[eluser]guillermo, out of repose[/eluser]
how are you loading the view? If you're setting $data in the controller, then you need to load the view this way in your controller (also in the user guide):

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$data = array(
'name' => 'last_name',
'class' => 'text',
'value' => 'last_name');

$this->load->view('your_view', array('data'=>$data));
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