Checkboxes, checked by default, how to ?

[eluser]Référencement Google[/eluser]
Hi,

I have a very simple problem on how to handle that simply with CI. I would like some checkboxes checked attribute to be checked by default (when loading the page the first time)

If I make that:

Code:

<input class="checkbox" id="alow_pub" name="alow_pub" type="checkbox" value="1"<?=$this->validation->set_checkbox('alow_pub', '1')?> />

There is no options that the checkbox have to be already checked before posting.

How to do it ?

Christophe