CodeIgniter "form_validation.php" not working as expected?

Question

I have got stummped on a problem where I can not see why codeIgniter is ignoring my rules setup in the "form_validation.php" in which i am using the following code.

$config = array(
'racedetails' => array(
    array(
        'field' => 'race_memberno',
        'label' => 'MembershipNumber',
        'rules' => 'required' 
    ),
    array(
        'field' => 'race_penalties',
        'label' => 'Penalties',
        'rules' => 'required' 
    )
);

I am then calling the Validation set on my controller using:

$this->form_validation->run('racedetails');

However it always states false when ran, The form runs normal and returns no errors , Is there somthing else I may have missed ?

The Above Validation run function runs within the following (Requested by Dale)

public function index($id){
    $this->load->library('form_validation');
    if($this->form_validation->run('racedetails')){$validated++;} 

    if($validated != 1){
        $this->process_template_build('entries/entry',$data);
    }else {
      echo "Validation Passed";
    }
}

Could you post the code for the method that this lies within? — Dale
– Dale, Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 12:02
Did you try $this->form_validation->run($config['racedetails'])? — Yan Berk
– Yan Berk, Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 12:06
Yan - Yes did try with the $config put it just returns a undefined variable. — yardster
– yardster, Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 12:14

Michael · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-04 20:20:23Z

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I had the same problem and the reason was, that I´m using an own Form_validation class to stlye the error output globally.

There I forgot to pass the rules to the parent constructor. So this is how it works with an own MY_Form_Validation class:

class MY_Form_validation extends CI_Form_validation {

public function __construct($rules = array())
{
    parent::__construct($rules);

    $this->_error_prefix = '<div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert"><span class="title"><i class="icon-remove-sign"></i> ERROR</span>';
    $this->_error_suffix = '</div>';

}

}

answered Aug 4, 2014 at 20:20

Michael

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Robert · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-19 12:12:16Z

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Didn't you forget to actually use the $config file before running the validation?

$this->form_validation->set_rules($config);

answered Jul 19, 2012 at 12:12

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4 Comments

yardster Over a year ago

Where should this be defined ? as this causes undifined variable "$config" when used in the controller constructor or function.

yardster Over a year ago

I had the impression this autoloaded the rules from the /application/config/form_validation.php codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/…

Robert Over a year ago

It does if you have created a config file and placed in the application/config/. Judging by your response, you have ;-) How about enabling the logs? You can check if your config file gets loaded indeed.

yardster Over a year ago

Thanks Robert, It seemed like the "form_validation.php" config was not getting included so it was just a case of loading it into the config manualy and then setting the config as the rule as you stated before in your first post.

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