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Question

I am having an issue trying to display the form validation error on the view using a callback validation function. If the user selects 'Yes' for the vehicle option, the form should check for other mandatory fields related to that vehicle option field.
In my controller I have a simple function that outputs the form and gets data back from the form:
function new_customer_record()
{
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
// data array has values to be passed to the customer_form_view
$this->load->view('customer_form_view',$data);
}else{
//get data from the post method and save it to the database
}
}
In the config folder, I have a file called from_validation.php that has the array filled with validation rules and the callback function as shown below:
$config = array (
'employee/new_record' => array(
array (
'field' => 'first_name',
'label' => 'First Name',
'rules' => 'required',
),
array (
'field' => 'vehicleOwn',
'label' => 'Own a vehicle',
'rules' => 'required|callback_checkVehicleInfo',
),
),
);
function checkVehicleInfo($str){
if ($str == "Yes"){
$config = array ( 'employee/new_record' => array(
array (
'field' => 'vehicle_model',
'label' => 'Vehicle Model',
'rules' => 'required'
),
array (
'field' => 'vehicle_rego',
'label' => 'Vehicle Rego',
'rules' => 'required'
),
array (
'field' => 'vehicle_type',
'label' => 'Vehicle Type',
'rules' => 'required'
),
),
);
$this->form_validation->set_message('checkVehicleInfo','Please enter your vehicle information');
return FALSE;
}else{
return TRUE;
}
}
In the view, i have something similar to this for each field that has 'required' validation rule - other fields work fine except the vehicle mandatory fields (in the callback function):
<?php $vehicle_model = #field($this->validation->vehicle_model, $customer- >vehicle_model); ?>
<tr>
<td><label>Vehicle Model</label></td>
<td><input name="vehicle_model" type="text" value="<?php echo ($edit=== true)? $vehicle_model :set_value('vehicle_model'); ?>" size="20" maxlength="20">
<?php echo form_error('vehicle_model'); ?></td>
</tr>
But I am not getting any error messages displayed, the validations is not working either.

Answer 1

Right after new_customer_record() function, you should add the callback function (not in config, but put checkVehicleInfo function in your controller).