Added spaces between parameters and fixed the arrays to be more readable.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
index 671f979..00f7c41 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'required');
- $this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'required',array(
- 'required'=>'You must provide a %s.'
- ));
+ $this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'required',
+ array('required'=>'You must provide a %s.')
+ );
$this->form_validation->set_rules('passconf', 'Password Confirmation', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required');
@@ -291,10 +291,14 @@
CodeIgniter lets you pipe multiple rules together. Let's try it. Change
your rules in the third parameter of rule setting method, like this::
- $this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'required|min_length[5]|max_length[12]|is_unique[users.username]',array(
- 'required' => 'You have not provided %s.',
- 'is_unique' => 'The %s is unavailable.',
- ));
+ $this->form_validation->set_rules(
+ 'username', 'Username',
+ 'required|min_length[5]|max_length[12]|is_unique[users.username]',
+ array(
+ 'required' => 'You have not provided %s.',
+ 'is_unique' => 'This %s already exists.'
+ )
+ );
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('passconf', 'Password Confirmation', 'required|matches[password]');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required|valid_email|is_unique[users.email]');
@@ -484,11 +488,11 @@
$this->form_validation->set_message('rule', 'Error Message');
If you need to set a custom error message for a particular field on
-some particular rule, use the set_rules() methos::
+some particular rule, use the set_rules() method::
- $this->form_validation->set_rules('field_name','Field Label','rule1|rule2|rule3',array(
- 'rule2' => 'Error Message on rule2 for this field_name'
- ));
+ $this->form_validation->set_rules('field_name', 'Field Label', 'rule1|rule2|rule3',
+ array('rule2' => 'Error Message on rule2 for this field_name')
+ );
Where rule corresponds to the name of a particular rule, and Error
Message is the text you would like displayed.
@@ -962,7 +966,7 @@
:param string $field: The field name
:param string $label: The field label
:param mixed $rules: The rules, as a string with rules separated by a pipe "|", or an array or rules.
- :param array $errors: Custom error message
+ :param array $errors: Custom error messages
:rtype: Object
Permits you to set validation rules, as described in the tutorial