form validation help PLEASE

[eluser]JHackamack[/eluser]
if you want to see the "required" text, etc above each form value follow the example:
by using form_error and the name of the value
<?php echo form_error('username'); ?>
<input type="text" name="username" value="<?php echo set_value('username'); ?>" size="50" />

<h5>Password</h5>
&lt;?php echo form_error('password'); ?&gt;
&lt;input type="text" name="password" value="&lt;?php echo set_value('password'); ?&gt;" size="50" /&gt;