validation not populateing %s in error message

[eluser]cwpollock[/eluser]
For some reason when I do my validation it is not populating the error message with the field name. So my messages end up looking like this "The field must contain a valid email address." Instead of "The Email field must contain a valid email address".

Any idea why this would be happening?

[eluser]gtech[/eluser]
maybee you could post some code up...

make sure you call set_fields as well, as this call is used to build up the error messages I seem to recall from memory (i.e. <fieldname>_error). that is if you are using the form validation.. I am only assuming you are.

Code:

..
    $rules['username']    = "required";
    $rules['password']    = "required";
    $rules['passconf']    = "required";
    $rules['email']        = "required";
    
    $this->validation->set_rules($rules);
    
    $fields['username']    = 'Username';
    $fields['password']    = 'Password';
    $fields['passconf']    = 'Password Confirmation';
    $fields['email']    = 'Email Address';

    $this->validation->set_fields($fields);
..

view

Code:

<h5>Username</h5>
&lt;?php echo $this->validation->username_error; ?&gt;
&lt;input type="text" name="username" value="&lt;?php echo $this-&gt;validation->username;?&gt;" size="50" />

//etc
....

[eluser]cwpollock[/eluser]
I'm using the auth module so here's what I can show you.

Form display

Code:

<p class="clearfix">
                    <label for="email">Email</label>
                    &lt;?=form_input(array('name'=>$this->config->item('auth_user_email_field'),
                           'id'=>$this->config->item('auth_user_email_field'),
                           'maxlength'=>'120',
                           'value'=>(isset($this->validation) ? $this->validation->{$this->config->item('auth_user_email_field')} : ''),
                           'class'=>'text'))?&gt;
                    &lt;?=(isset($this->validation) ? $this->validation->{$this->config->item('auth_user_email_field').'_error'} : '')?&gt;
                </p>

                <p class="clearfix">
                    <label for="user_name">Login</label>
                    &lt;?=form_input(array('name'=>$this->config->item('auth_user_name_field'),
                           'id'=>$this->config->item('auth_user_name_field'),
                           'maxlength'=>'45',
                           'size'=>'45',
                           'value'=>(isset($this->validation) ? $this->validation->{$this->config->item('auth_user_name_field')} : ''),
                           'class'=>'text'))?&gt;
                     &lt;?=(isset($this->validation) ? $this->validation->{$this->config->item('auth_user_name_field').'_error'} : '')?&gt;
                </p>

                <p class="clearfix">
                    <label for="password">Password</label>
                    &lt;?=form_password(array('name'=>$this->config->item('auth_user_password_field'),
                           'id'=>$this->config->item('auth_user_password_field'),
                           'maxlength'=>'16',
                           'value'=>(isset($this->validation) ? $this->validation->{$this->config->item('auth_user_password_field')} : ''),
                           'class'=>'text'))?&gt;
                       &lt;?=(isset($this->validation) ? $this->validation->{$this->config->item('auth_user_password_field').'_error'} : '')?&gt;

                </p>

                <p class="clearfix pass_conf">
                    <label for="password_conf">Password<br />Confirmation</label>
                    &lt;?=form_password(array('name'=>$this->config->item('auth_user_password_confirm_field'),
                           'id'=>$this->config->item('auth_user_password_confirm_field'),
                           'maxlength'=>'16',
                           'value'=>(isset($this->validation) ? $this->validation->{$this->config->item('auth_user_password_confirm_field')} : ''),
                           'class'=>'text'))?&gt;
                      &lt;?=(isset($this->validation) ? $this->validation->{$this->config->item('auth_user_password_confirm_field').'_error'} : '')?&gt;
                </p>

Here is what is in the auth controller

Code:

function register()
    {
        
    $rules[$this->config->item('auth_user_name_field')] = $this->config->item('auth_user_name_field_validation_register');
        $rules[$this->config->item('auth_user_password_confirm_field')] = $this->config->item('auth_password_required_confirm_validation')."|matches[".$this->config->item('auth_user_password_field')."]";
        $rules[$this->config->item('auth_user_password_field')] = $this->config->item('auth_user_password_field_validation_register');
        $rules[$this->config->item('auth_user_email_field')] = $this->config->item('auth_user_email_field_validation_register');
        
        
        if ($this->config->item('auth_use_country'))
            $rules[$this->config->item('auth_user_country_field')] = $this->config->item('auth_user_country_field_validation_register');
        
        
        $this->validation->set_rules($rules);
        
        if ($this->validation->run() && $this->authlib->register())
        {
            redirect('/home/registered/');
    }
        else
        {
            $this->db_session->flashdata_mark();
            $this->register_index();
        }
    }

[eluser]gtech[/eluser]
after
$this->validation->set_rules($rules);
try putting somthing like

Code:

$fields[$this->config->item('auth_user_name_field')]                = 'User Name';
$fields[$this->config->item('auth_user_password_field')]            = 'Password';
$fields[$this->config->item('auth_user_password_confirm_field')]    = 'Password Confirm';
$fields[$this->config->item('auth_user_email_field')]               = 'Email';

if ($this->config->item('auth_use_country')) {
  $fields[$this->config->item('auth_user_country_field')] = 'Country';
}
$this->validation->set_fields($fields);

when you call $this->validation->set_fields I belive the error message replacement strings are being built up, so 'Email' will be added in the errormessage 'The Email must contain a valid email address'

I havnt used auth.. but it looks like its still using the form validation routines so the principles should be the same.

[eluser]cwpollock[/eluser]
Thank you! This helped me solve the problem. These were being defined in the modules constructor and there were no values being assigned to the field names. I appreciate the assistance.

[eluser]Shahgeb[/eluser]
I want to Know that How i can find that there is duplicte email address exist in db.
plz i cannot understand it.
if a user fillup a signup form. It might be his enterd email address is already in db. i want a code such like that.
help me
best regard
Amjad Farooq

[eluser]gtech[/eluser]
@cwpollock:
no probs, glad it helped.

@amjadfarooq:

I wont write the code for you, but I can point you in the right direction.. you should read and understand CI 'validation' class in the documentation..

once you have done that take a look at the section Callbacks: Your own Validation Functions in the validation documentation.

what you need to do is write a callback function that will do a select on the database using the email entered from the form (this will be passed as a parameter into the callback function).. then if the query returns a result then you know it already exists in the database. If the email exists in the database you call the $this->validation->set_message and return FALSE, otherwise you return TRUE.

hope this helps.

[eluser]Shahgeb[/eluser]
thanks i have made it possible with your guidence thanks again

[eluser]gtech[/eluser]
your welcome.