Problem with lang: syntax in form_validation (SOLVED)

[eluser]James Gifford[/eluser]
I am using the new form_validation library and I can't get the new shortcut syntax for field translations to work.

Here's what I'm trying to do:

Code:

$this->lang->load('login');
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->form_validation->set_rules(array(
   array('field' => 'username',    'label' => 'lang:username', 'rules' => 'required'),
   array('field' => 'password',    'label' => 'lang:password', 'rules' => 'required')));
if ($this->form_validation->run())
...

This results in the fields being named 'lang:username' and 'lang:password' respectively. If I replace the shorthand syntax with something like $this->lang->line('username') then it works just fine.

Is anyone else having problems with this aspect of the form_validation library? Or is there some setting or something that I missed?

[eluser]James Gifford[/eluser]
Whoops! Nevermind.

I forgot I had modified the form_validation library to allow for outputting the label value in the form. I forgot to use the new _translate_fieldname() method that's all.

[eluser]Aken[/eluser]
Written like that, the code assumes you want the literal string "lang:username".

I don't use the language things as of now, so I can't say for sure whether or not the shorthand property would work in the middle of the code. Try using lang:username without the quotes.

If that does work, load the language helper and and replace 'lang:username' with lang('username')

[eluser]James Gifford[/eluser]
The new form_validation class allows for the shorthand notation (eg: lang:username) to be used when setting the rules. You have to have loaded the correct language file first, however.

What I forgot was that I had added a method to the class to output the value of the label within the form and this method wasn't using translation code which knows what to do with the shorthand notation.