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authorPhil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk>2012-07-06 11:33:38 +0200
committerPhil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk>2012-07-06 11:33:38 +0200
commitd993974327dcb3b6df14488fa7d5a1a372f29bc9 (patch)
treef76e700ee198ba2cecadabf9d03468a10a3764b4
parent9a4f356846daa078c077cbadb227524c857b8f97 (diff)
parented5538d25e32569b96789307816109bcd517c050 (diff)
Merge pull request #1581 from adityamenon/develop
Added info about set_*() functions and form_validation class in the Form Helper documentation.
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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
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+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
@@ -543,3 +543,7 @@ This function is identical to the **set_checkbox()** function above.
<input type="radio" name="myradio" value="1" <?php echo set_radio('myradio', '1', TRUE); ?> />
<input type="radio" name="myradio" value="2" <?php echo set_radio('myradio', '2'); ?> />
+.. note:: If you are using the Form Validation class, you must always specify a rule for your field,
+ even if empty, in order for the set_*() functions to work. This is because if a Form Validation object
+ is defined, the control for set_*() is handed over to a method of the class instead of the generic helper
+ function. \ No newline at end of file