An easy solution for setting form input values for combined create/edit forms

[eluser]ch5i[/eluser]
Here's what I use:

(thx for the inspiration, Moobies)

Seems to work quite well.

EDIT: Is in production now

Code:

<?php  if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

// include native CI_Validation class file
include_once(BASEPATH.'libraries/Form_validation.php');

/**
* MY_Form_validation Class, extends CI_Form_validation
*
* @package     CodeIgniter
* @subpackage  Libraries
* @category    Validation
*/
class MY_Form_validation extends CI_Form_validation {


    /**
     * MY_Form_validation::MY_Form_validation()
     *
     * Constructor
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function MY_Form_validation()
    {
        parent::CI_Form_validation();
        log_message('debug', "MY_Form_validation Class Initialized");
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    
    /**
     * MY_Form_validation::put_value()
     *
     * Set default value for validation fields
     *
     * @param string $field
     * @param string $value
     * @return void
     */
    public function put_value($field = null, $value = '')
    {
        if (is_null($field)) {
            return;
        } else {
            $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'] = $value;    
        }
    }
    
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    
    /**
     * MY_Form_validation::get_value()
     *
     * Returns the value of a validation field
     *
     * @param string $field
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function get_value($field = null)
    {
        if ( is_null($field) || ( ! array_key_exists($field, $this->_field_data)) ) {
            return FALSE;
           } else {
               return $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'];
           }
    }
    
    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

}
// END MY_Form_validation Class

This basically adds two methods to the form validation library, one to (pre-) set values and one to retrieve values.

[eluser]Benedikt[/eluser]
Ok, so this is the way to access it:

Code:

$this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'];

Thanks for your coding, I used it to create my own.

Thanks!!

Why do you use the include?