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| author | JonoB <jon@accountsportal.com> | 2012-03-04 15:37:30 +0100 |
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| committer | JonoB <jon@accountsportal.com> | 2012-03-04 15:37:30 +0100 |
| commit | 099c478b2ebafd0a1b74e76221ed06c214e195f4 (patch) | |
| tree | 91a263b6caf03255cf2d6c0657a13b5d8f0b065e /user_guide_src | |
| parent | 790eb70064e4bfac67399e7e0e9d3dc329839428 (diff) | |
Allow users to specify an array for validation, instead of alway using the $_POST array
Diffstat (limited to 'user_guide_src')
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst | 35 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst index 2ada9ee67..2158104f9 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released - Removed SHA1 function in the :doc:`Encryption Library <libraries/encryption>`. - Added $config['csrf_regeneration'] to the CSRF protection in the :doc:`Security library <libraries/security>`, which makes token regeneration optional. - Added function error_array() to return all error messages as an array in the Form_validation class. + - Added function set_data() to Form_validation library, which can be used in place of the default $_POST array. - Changed the Session library to select only one row when using database sessions. - Core 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'); ?> />
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