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CodeIgniter Form Validation — Conditional Required Field

CodeIgniter conditional required fields

This is a quick tip if you’re looking for a “required_if” rule in CodeIgniter. Basically the rule is as follows: Make form field-A required if form field-B is filled in. The most common case scenario is changing a password, where the original password is required first, but is conditional only if a new password is entered.

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CodeIgniter htaccess

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This is the .htaccess file that I use for my CodeIgniter PHP projects (some of these .htaccess rules can be used for any project, keep reading). CodeIgniter uses mod_rewrite to route all requests to the CI front controller. I’ve made some additions in an attempt to canocalize some of the CodeIgniter URL end points. The key benefit of a canocalized URL is that your search engine page ranking (page juice) is not spread across several pages, but instead, targeted to a single page.

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