Loading the form and validating in the same function?

[eluser]mattpointblank[/eluser]
Try swapping your controller code to this:

Code:

if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
    $this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'email', 'required|valid_email');
    $this->form_validation->set_rules('name', 'name', 'required|xss_clean');
    $this->form_validation->set_rules('message', 'message', 'required|xss_clean');
    $this->form_validation->set_rules('phone', 'phone', 'required|numeric');
    $this->form_validation->set_rules('phone', 'phone', 'required|numeric');
    $this->form_validation->set_rules('recaptcha_response_field', 'lang:recaptcha_field_name', 'required|callback_check_captcha');
    $data['captcha'] = $this->recaptcha->get_html();
    $this->load->view('contact', $data);
} else {
    $this->load->view('success.php');
}