Merge pull request #3562 from avenirer/patch-1

Allow not escaping the value in set_value()

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index fb235291e..70c40a9c3 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -676,17 +676,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_value'))
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	$field		Field name
 	 * @param	string	$default	Default value
+	 * @param	bool	$html_escape	Whether to escape HTML special characters or not
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function set_value($field, $default = '')
+	function set_value($field, $default = '', $html_escape = TRUE)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 
 		$value = (isset($CI->form_validation) && is_object($CI->form_validation) && $CI->form_validation->has_rule($field))
 			? $CI->form_validation->set_value($field, $default)
 			: $CI->input->post($field, FALSE);
-
-		return html_escape($value === NULL ? $default : $value);
+			
+		isset($value) OR $value = $default;
+		return ($html_escape) ? html_escape($value) : $value;
 	}
 }