Fix #1624 and clear-up the form validation docs (manually applying #1603)
diff --git a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
index 91f46b6..c1bf519 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
@@ -957,15 +957,15 @@
/**
* Match one field to another
*
- * @param string
- * @param string field
+ * @param string $str string to compare against
+ * @param string $field
* @return bool
*/
public function matches($str, $field)
{
- $validation_array = empty($this->validation_data) ? $_POST : $this->validation_data;
-
- return isset($validation_array[$field]) ? ($str === $validation_array[$field]) : FALSE;
+ return isset($this->_field_data[$field], $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'])
+ ? ($str === $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'])
+ : FALSE;
}
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