CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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claudios
claudios

Reputation: 6656

Codeigniter form validation set rules to accept numbers and dashes

I tried setting a rule in codeigniter form validation to accept input such as numbers and dashes. I read the Codeigniter documentation but it doesn't support such thing. Is there any way to write a custom function? Any help would be much appreciated.

$this->form_validation->set_rules('phone', 'Contact No.', 'numeric');

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2903

Answers (2)

claudios
claudios

Reputation: 6656

Now this works for me. Maybe it could help others.

// Allow dashes to numbers 
  function numeric_dash ($num) {
    return ( ! preg_match("/^([0-9-\s])+$/D", $num)) ? FALSE : TRUE;
  }

Upvotes: 0

gabe3886
gabe3886

Reputation: 4265

Within the form validation you can set a custom rule as a callback function (see this documentation section)

If you set your validation as

$this->form_validation->set_rules('phone', 'Contact No.', 'callback_my_function');

You can set up a function in your controller:

function my_function($data)
{
  // your validation code
}

The $data parameter is passed through automatically from the field being validated, and you'll need to return true if it validates, or false if it doesn't for it to work.

Upvotes: 2

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