DataMapper ORM v1.8.0

[eluser]Andy78[/eluser]
I'm a bit confused as to how exactly datamapper validation errors should be displayed in the in view.

I got it working as follows:
Controller:

Code:

function user_add()
    {
        if (!empty($_POST)) {
            //Create user object
            $user = new User();
            $user->username = $this->input->post('username');
            $user->password = $this->input->post('password');
            $user->confirm_password = $this->input->post('confirm_password');
            $user->email_address = $this->input->post('email');
            $user->user_type_id = $this->input->post('type');
            $user->user_status = $this->input->post('status');
            $user->validate();
            //get user types
            $user_type = new User_type();
            $user_type->get();
            //Save object and redirect
            if($user->valid){
                 if($user->save())
                    {
                        $this->session->set_flashdata('success', 'User added successfully');
                        redirect('admin/user_manager');
                    }
                }
            //display validation error messages    
            else
                {
                    $data['type'] = $user_type;
                    $data['page'] ='user_manager';
                    $data['page_sub'] = 'add_user';
                    $data['main_content'] = 'admin/add_user';
                    $data['errors'] = $user->error;    
                    $this->load->view('admin/template', $data);        
                }        
            
        }
        else{
            
             //get user types
             $user_type = new User_type();
             $user_type->get();
                
             $data['type'] = $user_type;
             $data['page'] ='user_manager';
             $data['page_sub'] = 'add_user';
             $data['main_content'] = 'admin/add_user';
             //$data['errors'] = $user->error;    
             $this->load->view('admin/template', $data);      
        }
    }

part of the View:

Code:

<table class="content-table">    
    <tr>
        <th>
        Username :
        </th>
        <td class="id-form">
          &lt;?php echo form_input('username', $this->input->post('username')); if(isset($errors)){echo $errors->username;} ?&gt;
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <th>Password :</th>
        <td class="id-form">&lt;?php echo form_password('password', $this->input->post('password')); if(isset($errors)){echo $errors->password;} ?&gt;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <th>Confirm Password :</th>
        <td class="id-form">&lt;?php echo form_password('confirm_password', $this->input->post('confirm_password')); if(isset($errors)){ echo $errors->confirm_password;} ?&gt;</td>
    </tr>
     <tr>
        <th>Email :</th>
        <td class="id-form">&lt;?php echo form_input('email', $this->input->post('email')); if(isset($errors)){ echo $errors->email_address;} ?&gt;</td>
    </tr>
     <tr>
        <th>User type :</th>
        <td class="id-form">&lt;?php
                    foreach($type as $type){
                                    
                    $options[$type->id] = $type->user_type;
                  }
                  echo form_dropdown('type', $options);  ?&gt;
        </td>
    </tr>
     <tr>
        <th>User Status :</th>
        <td class="id-form">&lt;?php  $options = array('active'  => 'Active', 'inactive'   => 'Inactive', 'suspended' => 'Suspended');
             echo form_dropdown('status', $options); ?&gt;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td></td>
        <td>&lt;?php echo form_submit('submit', 'submit');?&gt;</td>
    </tr>
</table>

Is there a better way of doing this as doesn't feel right having to check if the errors array is set in order to display it without errors?