Validate an edit form

[eluser]lostsock[/eluser]
Update: Found the solution elsewhere, http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/69084/P15/#452197


Hey ontguy, I'm looking to use a solution like this in my app. Unfortunately the host I'm with at the moment only has PHP 4 and the solution you have offered doesn't seem to work.

It seems to let me set $this->validation->name = "Anything" in the controller and I can even reference it later in the controller but when I echo $this->validation->name in the view that is loaded I get the following error:

Code:

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: Undefined property: name

Filename: views/test.php

Line Number: 5

Here is the code:

controllers/test.php

Code:

function test() {
    
    // Set validation rules
    $rules['name'] = "trim|required";
    $this->validation->set_rules($rules);
    
    // Set validation fields
    $fields['name'] = 'Name';
    $this->validation->set_fields($fields);
    
    if (empty($_POST)) {      
        $this->validation->name = "Test name";
    }

    if ($this->validation->run() == FALSE) {
        // FAILED OR NOT LOADED YET
        $this->load->view('test');
    } else {
        // PASSED
    }
}

views/test.php

Code:

<?php
echo $this->validation->name;
?>

Any thought would be very much appreciated.