form set_value() not working ,,,,

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Hi ,

Im new to codeigniter and this is my first post.

This is part of my code.

Code:

<td>Brand Name &lt;?=$brand_name?&gt;
        &lt;input type="text" name="txf_brand" id="txf_brand" value="&lt;?php echo set_value('txf_brand', $brand_name); ?&gt;" /&gt;&lt;/td>

Basically , i want to display the value passed from controller in a text field. Im setting the value for this ($brand_name) variable in the Controller. The correct value is displayed near "Brand Name". But not inside the set_value method. This is strange .. can anyone pls help me.

Thanks