[eluser]oppenheimer[/eluser]
There is one controller in the example shown in the user's guide for validation:
<a href="http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/libraries/form_validation.html">http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/libraries/form_validation.html</a>
The validation check will be FALSE for two conditions:
1 - the first time through so the form can be displayed
2 - when the user submits a form with errors.
You will need a second check to determine which of these conditions exist.
Code:
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
if ($this->input->post('submit'))
{
[DISPLAY ERROR]
}
else
{
$this->load->view('myform');
}
Although why wouldn't you want to redisplay the form with the error and repopulate the form with the submitted data as shown in the example in the user's guide?
