Merge pull request #1461 from kwoodfriend/develop

Modified Form Validation class's set_rules()

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
index 77c968e7c..6cbe032c7 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
 			return $this;
 		}
 
+		// Convert an array of rules to a string
+		if (is_array($rules))
+		{
+			$rules = implode('|', $rules);
+		}
+
 		// No fields? Nothing to do...
 		if ( ! is_string($field) OR ! is_string($rules) OR $field === '')
 		{
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index ab3e01394..33b413163 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
 	 -  _execute() now considers input data to be invalid if a specified rule is not found.
 	 -  Removed method is_numeric() as it exists as a native PHP function and _execute() will find and use that (the 'is_numeric' rule itself is deprecated since 1.6.1).
 	 -  Native PHP functions used as rules can now accept an additional parameter, other than the data itself.
+	 -  Updated set_rules() to accept an array of rules as well as a string.
    -  Changed the :doc:`Session Library <libraries/sessions>` to select only one row when using database sessions.
    -  Added all_flashdata() method to session class. Returns an associative array of only flashdata.
    -  Allowed for setting table class defaults in a config file.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
index 3c0e6eda4..3bcad7ba6 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ Give it a try! Submit your form without the proper data and you'll see
 new error messages that correspond to your new rules. There are numerous
 rules available which you can read about in the validation reference.
 
+.. note:: You can also pass an array of rules to set_rules(), instead of a string. Example::
+
+	$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', array('required', 'min_length[5]'));
+
 Prepping Data
 =============
 
@@ -935,7 +939,7 @@ $this->form_validation->set_rules();
 
 		:param string $field: The field name
 		:param string $label: The field label
-		:param string $rules: The rules, seperated by a pipe "|"
+		:param mixed $rules: The rules, as a string with rules separated by a pipe "|", or an array or rules.
 		:rtype: Object
 	
 		Permits you to set validation rules, as described in the tutorial