Merge branch 'develop' of git://github.com/EllisLab/CodeIgniter into email

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 29 deletions

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
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
index 7f995f050..c0b9c6589 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ this::
 Please refer to the :doc:`Security class <security>` documentation for
 information on using XSS Filtering in your application.
 
-Using POST, COOKIE, or SERVER Data
-==================================
+Using POST, GET, COOKIE, or SERVER Data
+=======================================
 
-CodeIgniter comes with three helper functions that let you fetch POST,
+CodeIgniter comes with four helper methods that let you fetch POST, GET,
 COOKIE or SERVER items. The main advantage of using the provided
 functions rather than fetching an item directly ($_POST['something'])
-is that the functions will check to see if the item is set and return
-false (boolean) if not. This lets you conveniently use data without
+is that the methods will check to see if the item is set and return
+NULL if not. This lets you conveniently use data without
 having to test whether an item exists first. In other words, normally
 you might do something like this::
 
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ With CodeIgniter's built in functions you can simply do this::
 
 	$something = $this->input->post('something');
 
-The three functions are:
+The four methods are:
 
 -  $this->input->post()
+-  $this->input->get()
 -  $this->input->cookie()
 -  $this->input->server()
 
@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ looking for::
 
 	$this->input->post('some_data');
 
-The function returns FALSE (boolean) if the item you are attempting to
-retrieve does not exist.
+The function returns NULL if the item you are attempting to retrieve
+does not exist.
 
 The second optional parameter lets you run the data through the XSS
 filter. It's enabled by setting the second parameter to boolean TRUE;
@@ -130,7 +131,9 @@ $this->input->cookie()
 This function is identical to the post function, only it fetches cookie
 data::
 
-	$this->input->cookie('some_data', TRUE);
+	$this->input->cookie('some_cookie');
+	$this->input->cookie('some_cookie, TRUE); // with XSS filter
+
 
 $this->input->server()
 ======================
@@ -195,25 +198,6 @@ parameters::
 
 	$this->input->set_cookie($name, $value, $expire, $domain, $path, $prefix, $secure);
 
-$this->input->cookie()
-======================
-
-Lets you fetch a cookie. The first parameter will contain the name of
-the cookie you are looking for (including any prefixes)::
-
-	cookie('some_cookie');
-
-The function returns NULL if the item you are attempting to
-retrieve does not exist.
-
-The second optional parameter lets you run the data through the XSS
-filter. It's enabled by setting the second parameter to boolean TRUE;
-
-::
-
-	cookie('some_cookie', TRUE);
-
-
 $this->input->ip_address()
 ===========================