[eluser]Steven_W[/eluser]
I've tried searching the forums & user guide but haven't found anything, excuse me if this was already answered.
AFAIK, normally if an input isnt set to required the rest of the rules are ignore if the input is empty and the input will return true.
Code:
echo form_input('last_name', set_value('last_name')) ## Input
Array('field' => 'last_name', 'label' => 'Last Name','rules' => 'alpha|max_length[16]') ## Rules
However if I use an array and the input is empty, that input will return false.
Code:
echo form_input('fields[last_name]', set_value('fields[last_name]')) ## Input
Array('field' => 'fields[last_name]', 'label' => 'Last Name','rules' => 'alpha|max_length[16]') ## Rules
other than not using arrays, is there a way around this?
