can't POST data from <textarea> in codeigniter - codeigniter

Question

I have been trying to retrieve this data from a textarea using post, but i keep geeting no data back. any help would be appreciated.
Here is my form
<?php echo validation_errors(); ?>
<?php echo form_open('s2e/contactValidation'); ?>
<ul>
<li><label>Subject<input type="text" id="emailsubject" name="subject" placeholder="example#site.com" width="200"></label></li>
<li><label>From<input type="email" id="emailfrom" name="from" ></label></li>
<li><label>Message</label><textarea id="message" name="message" rows="6" cols="200" form="contact" ></textarea></li>
</ul>
<button type"submit" name="sendemail">Send</button>
</form>
My controller looks like this
public function contactValidation(){
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('<div id="rerror">', '</div>');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('subject', 'Subject', 'trim|required|xss_clean');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('from', 'From', 'trim|required|valid_email');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('message', 'Message', 'trim|required');
$subject = $this->input->post('subject');
$from = $this->input->post('from');
$message = $this->input->post('message');
if($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
print_r('failed');
} else {
print_r('good');
}
var_dump($subject);
var_dump($from);
var_dump($message);// this is the culprit that's failing
}
Any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

Why don't you use Codeigniter's Form Helper:
<?php
echo validation_errors();
echo form_open('s2e/contactValidation');
echo form_labe('Subject', 'subject');
echo form_input('subject', 'Value Here', 'id="" placeholder=""');
echo form_label('Email', 'email');
echo form_input('email', '', 'attributes=""');
echo form_textarea('msg', '')
echo form_submit('submit', 'Send Form');
echo form_close();
?>