April 22, 2012
Is it possible to using or in codeigniter form validation?
Question by motto
I have an input which can be decimal or numeric. I want to use this rule:
$this->form_validation->set_rules('price', 'Price', 'decimal|numeric');
But i think the rules in form_validation helper not working with “or” statement. If the price is something like that “149.99” it’s valid but if the price is “150” it’s not.
Am i missing something or isn’t it possible to use something like that:
$this->form_validation->set_rules('price', 'Price', 'decimal or numeric');
Answer by Starx
CI, does not allow to mix datatypes when validating. Instead, Create your custom validation rule.
Declare a rule like this
$this->form_validation->set_rules('price', 'Price', 'callback_decimal_numeric');
After create a method on the controller
public function decimal_numeric($str)
{
if ($str <isdecimal&nummeric>) //Use your logic to check here
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('decimal_numeric', 'The %s field validation has failed');
return FALSE;
}
else
{
return TRUE;
}
}
