codeigniter form validation for a set of fields

hi to all

I hav a set of fields to validate. here is the scenario

let say I have fields shown below, since name are the same I put a number and add at the end.

job_title_1 company_name_1 responsibilities_1

job_title_2 company_name_2 responsibilities_2

job_title_3 company_name_3 responsibilities_3

In my view, I use loop to assign this number at the end of the field name then pass the variable “ctr = 3” in my controller

I use validation like this

 $validation_errors = array();
 for ($i = 1; $i <= $ctr; $i++)
 {
     $this->form_validation->set_rules('career_objectives_' . $i, 'Career objectives title', 'trim|required');                                                                                    
     $this->form_validation->set_rules('job_title_' . $i, 'Job title / position', 'trim|required');
     $this->form_validation->set_rules('company_name_' . $i, 'Company', 'trim|required');    
     $this->form_validation->set_rules('from_date_employment_' . $i, 'From date of employment', 'trim|required');            
     $this->form_validation->set_rules('to_date_employment_' . $i, 'To date of employment', 'trim|required');    
     $this->form_validation->set_rules('responsibilities_' . $i, 'Responsibilities type', 'trim|required');
     $this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('<div class="valid-err">', '</div>');                    

     if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
     {
         $validation_errors[$i] = validation_errors();
     }                
 }

I decided to put the validation_errors in an array so that I could call this in my view and place the string error in a separate location. My problem now is even the job_title_1 only has an error all the job_title from 1 to 3 produced errors. I think validation_errors() was not clear to the next loop.

Any help would greatly appreciated

Thanks

Tirso

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codeigniter form validation for a set of fields

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