[eluser]drewbee[/eluser]
It's funny you should mention this, because I do exactly this. It really helps keep things a lot more organized.
Rules Array:
Code:
// Controller public page
function edit_profile()
{
// ... snip ...
$rules = array(
array('field' => 'timezone',
'label' => 'Timezone',
'rules' => 'required|callback__edit_profile[timezone]'
),
array('field' => 'birth_month',
'label' => 'Birth Month',
'rules' => 'required|callback__edit_profile[birth_month]'
),
array('field' => 'birth_day',
'label' => 'Birth Day',
'rules' => 'required|callback__edit_profile[birth_day]'
),
array('field' => 'birth_year',
'label' => 'Birth Year',
'rules' => 'required|callback__edit_profile[birth_year]'
),
array('field' => 'display_age',
'label' => 'Display Age',
'rules' => 'callback__edit_profile[display_age]'
),
array('field' => 'country',
'label' => 'Country',
'rules' => 'callback__edit_profile[country]'
),
array('field' => 'state',
'label' => 'State/Province',
'rules' => 'callback__edit_profile[state]'
)
);
$this->form_validation->set_rules($rules);
// ...snip. ...
}
When you are setting rules, callbacks allow you to pass a value to the function as the second parameter (which I have setup as $which). All you need to do is simply enclose what you are trying to do in brackets [ ]
Then my edit profile callback:
Code:
function _edit_profile($value = '', $which = '')
{
switch($which)
{
case 'timezone':
if (!array_key_exists($value, $this->lookups['timezone']))
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('_edit_profile', 'Invalid Timezone Selected');
return FALSE;
}
break;
case 'birth_month':
if (!array_key_exists($value, $this->lookups['birth_month']))
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('_edit_profile', 'Invalid Month Selected');
return FALSE;
}
break;
case 'birth_day':
if (!array_key_exists($value, $this->lookups['birth_day']))
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('_edit_profile', 'Invalid Day Selected');
return FALSE;
}
break;
case 'birth_year':
if (!array_key_exists($value, $this->lookups['birth_year']))
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('_edit_profile', 'Please enter a valid year ex. xxxx');
return FALSE;
}
break;
case 'display_age':
if (!in_array($value, $this->lookups['display_age']))
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('_edit_profile', 'Invalid value passed');
return FALSE;
}
break;
case 'country':
if (!array_key_exists($value, $this->lookups['countries']))
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('_edit_profile', 'Invalid Country Selected');
return FALSE;
}
break;
case 'state':
if (!array_key_exists($value, $this->lookups['states']))
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('_edit_profile', 'Invalid State Selected');
return FALSE;
}
break;
}
return TRUE;
}
Hope this helps. Some people may raise the question of needing to pass a value and which validation to check. Simply use delimitors EX: set_rules> callback__edit_profile[state:32] and do a split in the callback.
