I am using CodeIgniter. I have been trying to debug a non-working script.
I have come to the conclusion that when utilizing $this->form_validation->run(); (the form validation class), after the first named call, e.g $this->form_validation->run(form_1);, all following calls return true.
I am developing a multi step form and when $this->form_validation->run(form_1); correctly returns true, $this->form_validation->run(form_2); incorrectly returns true.
Anyone have any clue as to why? Can multiple calls not be held in a single function within a controller or is there a special approach?
Cheers
the way codeigniter is setup doesn't lend itself to allow you to validate with multiple rules, you can extend the form helper with a function to group rules (http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/forums/viewthread/120221) or like I did in my application/config/form_validation.php I simply combined multiple groups into its own set of rules and referred to the single rule of combined rules.
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
$config = array(
"campaign" => array(
array(
"field" => "campaign[title]",
"label" => "campaign title",
"rules" => "trim|required|max_length[255]|xss_clean"
)
),
"user" => array(
array(
"field" => "user_info[email]",
"label" => "email",
"rules" => "trim|required|valid_email|is_unique[user_info.email]|max_length[255]|xss_clean"
)
)
);
$config["campaign_user"] = array_merge($config['campaign'], $config['user']);
The line of interest is the last one, where the two rules are combined:
$config["campaign_user"] = array_merge($config['campaign'], $config['user']);
and in your controller you would just call the single rule:
if($this->form_validation->run('campaign_user'))
{
# validation successful
}
pls check if you have pass argument (form1) and (form2) in your set_rules() function.....and if it's ok then make yourself 1st form_validation call return FALSE, then see if the 2nd call to form_validation is still returning TRUE.
