[eluser]dottedquad[/eluser]
Hello all,
I'm attempting to port my working form validation to the codeigniter form validation way. So far I have:
Code:
<?php
class validate_livestock_form extends Controller {
function index()
{
//set get variables to readable variables
$species = $this->input->get('species', TRUE);
$alias = $this->input->get('alias', TRUE);
$parents = $this->input->get('parents', TRUE);
$gender = $this->input->get('gender', TRUE);
$breed = $this->input->get('breed', TRUE);
$birthdate = $this->input->get('birth_date', TRUE);
$location = $this->input->get('location', TRUE);
$comment = $this->input->get('comment', TRUE);
//$this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));
$validate_field = array();
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->form_validation->set_rules($birthdate, 'Birthdate', 'required');
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
echo json_encode($validate_field);
}
else
{
echo json_encode($validate_field);
}
}
}
?>
My original validation script looped through the form fields and if an error was found set the field name and custom error message to an array (IE: $validate_field = array("birth_date", "Required!")
Once the looping is done I did echo json_encode($validate_field); to pass the info over to the form through AJAX.
Now, I'm attempting to port my old script over to codeigniter and have no idea how to do this. So far I stored the $_get['']; variables to their own variables. I'm only validating the $birthdate variable for demo purposes until I get the hang of this. Now I'm trying to figure out how to pass the input field name along with an error msg in JSON form (IE: ["birth_date", "Required"] so the client side can tooltip the error messages by the input field. Any ideas?
-Thanks,
Rich
