Upgrade Validations

What has been changed

  • If you want to change validation error display, you have to set CI4 validation View templates.
  • CI4 validation has no Callbacks nor Callable in CI3.
  • CI4 validation format rules do not permit empty string.
  • CI4 validation never changes your data.

Upgrade Guide

  1. Within the view which contains the form you have to change:

    • <?php echo validation_errors(); ?> to <?= $validation->listErrors() ?>

  2. Within the controller you have to change the following:

    • $this->load->helper(array('form', 'url')); to helper(['form', 'url']);
    • remove the line $this->load->library('form_validation');
    • if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE) to if (! $this->validate([]))
    • $this->load->view('myform'); to echo view('myform', ['validation' => $this->validator,]);

  3. You have to change the validation rules. The new syntax is to set the rules as array in the controller:

    $isValid = $this->validate([
    'name'  => 'required|min_length[3]',
    'email' => 'required|valid_email',
    'phone' => 'required|numeric|max_length[10]'
]);

Code Example

Codeigniter Version 3.11

Path: application/views:

<html>
<head>
    <title>My Form</title>
</head>
<body>

    <?php echo validation_errors(); ?>

    <?php echo form_open('form'); ?>

    <h5>Username</h5>
    <input type="text" name="username" value="" size="50" />

    <h5>Password</h5>
    <input type="text" name="password" value="" size="50" />

    <h5>Password Confirm</h5>
    <input type="text" name="passconf" value="" size="50" />

    <h5>Email Address</h5>
    <input type="text" name="email" value="" size="50" />

    <div><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></div>

    </form>

</body>
</html>

Path: application/controllers/:

<?php

class Form extends CI_Controller {

    public function index()
    {
        $this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));

        $this->load->library('form_validation');

        // Set validation rules

        if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
        {
                $this->load->view('myform');
        }
        else
        {
                $this->load->view('formsuccess');
        }
    }
}

Codeigniter Version 4.x

Path: app/Views:

<html>
<head>
    <title>My Form</title>
</head>
<body>

    <?= $validation->listErrors() ?>

    <?= form_open('form') ?>

    <h5>Username</h5>
    <input type="text" name="username" value="" size="50" />

    <h5>Password</h5>
    <input type="text" name="password" value="" size="50" />

    <h5>Password Confirm</h5>
    <input type="text" name="passconf" value="" size="50" />

    <h5>Email Address</h5>
    <input type="text" name="email" value="" size="50" />

    <div><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></div>

    </form>

</body>
</html>

Path: app/Controllers/:

<?php

namespace App\Controllers;

use CodeIgniter\Controller;

class Form extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        helper(['form', 'url']);

        if (! $this->validate([
            // Validation rules
        ])) {
            echo view('myform', [
                'validation' => $this->validator,
            ]);
        } else {
            echo view('formsuccess');
        }
    }
}