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authorPhil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk>2012-03-04 15:53:32 +0100
committerPhil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk>2012-03-04 15:53:32 +0100
commit67f27bdba328129134a41c06aec47210d9a21713 (patch)
tree08550fa2f632a8d4a764ae610039b462990e5568 /user_guide_src/source/libraries
parentf8f04ce990a46f1967cd58def4929c476f4595a5 (diff)
parent099c478b2ebafd0a1b74e76221ed06c214e195f4 (diff)
Merge pull request #1121 from JonoB/develop
Allow users to specify an array for validation Now any data can be used, instead of always using $_POST.
Diffstat (limited to 'user_guide_src/source/libraries')
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst35
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
index 09a192bb0..2fe315dba 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
@@ -579,7 +579,27 @@ must supply it as an array to the function. Example::
For more info please see the :ref:`using-arrays-as-field-names` section below.
-.. _saving-groups:
+Validating An Array (Other Than The $_POST Array)
+=================================================
+
+Sometimes you may want to validate an array that does not originate from $_POST data.
+
+In this case, you can specify the array to be validated::
+
+ $data = array(
+ 'username' => 'johndoe',
+ 'password' => 'mypassword',
+ 'passconf' => 'mypassword'
+ ));
+
+ $this->form_validation->set_data($data);
+
+Creating validation rules, running the validation and retrieving error messages works the same whether you are
+validating $_POST data or an array.
+
+For more info please see the :ref:`function-reference` section below.
+
+-.. _saving-groups:
************************************************
Saving Sets of Validation Rules to a Config File
@@ -930,6 +950,16 @@ $this->form_validation->set_message();
Permits you to set custom error messages. See :ref:`setting-error-messages`
+$this->form_validation->set_data();
+========================================
+
+ .. php:method:: set_data ($data = '')
+
+ :param array $data: The data to validate
+
+ Permits you to set an array for validation, instead of using the default
+ $_POST array.
+
$this->form_validation->error_array();
========================================
@@ -1019,5 +1049,4 @@ 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'); ?> />
-
+ <input type="radio" name="myradio" value="2" <?php echo set_radio('myradio', '2'); ?> /> \ No newline at end of file