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diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/form_validation.html b/user_guide/libraries/form_validation.html
index 54908d41d..e68765c35 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/form_validation.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/form_validation.html
@@ -390,10 +390,10 @@ $this->form_validation->set_rules($config);
<p>CodeIgniter lets you pipe multiple rules together. Let's try it. Change your rules in the third parameter of rule setting function, like this:</p>
<code>
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'required|min_length[5]|max_length[12]');<br />
+$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'required|min_length[5]|max_length[12]|is_unique[users.username]');<br />
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'required|matches[passconf]');<br />
$this->form_validation->set_rules('passconf', 'Password Confirmation', 'required');<br />
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required|valid_email');<br />
+$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required|valid_email|is_unique[users.email]');<br />
</code>
<p>The above code sets the following rules:</p>
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ create a callback function that does that. Let's create a example of this.</p>
class Form extends CI_Controller {
- function index()
+ public function index()
{
$this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ class Form extends CI_Controller {
$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'callback_username_check');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('passconf', 'Password Confirmation', 'required');
- $this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required');
+ $this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required|is_unique[users.email]');
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ class Form extends CI_Controller {
}
}
- function username_check($str)
+ public function username_check($str)
{
if ($str == 'test')
{
@@ -947,6 +947,13 @@ POST array:</p>
</tr>
<tr>
+ <td class="td"><strong>is_unique</strong></td>
+ <td class="td">Yes</td>
+ <td class="td">Returns FALSE if the form element is not unique to the table and field name in the parameter.</td>
+ <td class="td">is_unique[table.field]</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
<td class="td"><strong>min_length</strong></td>
<td class="td">Yes</td>
<td class="td">Returns FALSE if the form element is shorter then the parameter value.</td>