Form Validation

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[quote author="invision" date="1271688433"]Way-heeeeeey!!!!

That worked perfectly.

So if I wanted it to take the real value of the email field, how can I do this?

And would I just do this for the other fields on my page, instead of using the array?


Thank you once more for your help and patience.[/quote]

What do you mean get the real value of the email field? Did you mean the $_POST in PHP? Or, are you planning to repopulate the fields after error occurred upon submission of the form?

to retrieve the data submitted by a user, we use $this->input->post('field_name');

to repopulate the field with the data supplied by the user, you may use $this->validation->field_name.

So, in applying the $this->validation->field_name, we add something to the code i just gave you

Code:

$email = array
         ('name'=> 'email',
          'id' => 'email',
          'value'=>$this->validation->email
         );

echo form_input($email);

you're welcome, by the way