Vfrdtyky

I have created an Add User form in codeignitor which has the link http://example.com/users/add. And in the controller I have the following code for form validation:

$this->form_validation->set_rules('firstName', 'First Name', 'required');

$this->form_validation->set_rules('lastName', 'Last Name', '');

$this->form_validation->set_rules('guardian1', 'Guardian First', 'required');

$this->form_validation->set_rules('guardian2', 'Guardian Second', '');

$this->form_validation->set_rules('mobile', 'Mobile Number', 'required');

$this->form_validation->set_rules('phone', 'Phone Number', '');

$this->form_validation->set_rules('dob', 'Date Of Birth', 'required');

$this->form_validation->set_rules('status', 'Account Status', 'required');

$this->form_validation->set_rules('confirmation', 'Confirm Creation', 'required');



if ($this->form_validation->run == FALSE)

{

  redirect('news');

}

else

{

  redirect('users/view');

}

When I try to access the url to add user, it directly redirects me to http://example.com/news without opening the form page where I can fill the form.
This is my form code for Add User form:

<form id="form-project" role="form" method="post" action="<?php echo base_url(); ?>users/add" autocomplete="off" novalidate>

    <div class="form-group-attached">

    <div class="row clearfix">

        <div class="col-md-6">

          <div class="form-group form-group-default required">

            <label>First name</label>

            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="firstName" required>

          </div>

        </div>

        <div class="col-md-6">

          <div class="form-group form-group-default">

            <label>Last name</label>

            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="lastName">

          </div>

        </div>

      </div>

      <div class="row clearfix">

        <div class="col-md-6">

          <div class="form-group form-group-default required">

            <label>Parent I / Guardian</label>

            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="guardian1" required>

          </div>

        </div>

        <div class="col-md-6">

          <div class="form-group form-group-default">

            <label>Parent II / Guardian</label>

            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="guardian2">

          </div>

        </div>

      </div>

      <div class="row clearfix">

        <div class="col-md-6">

          <div class="form-group form-group-default required">

            <label>Mobile</label>

            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="mobile" required>

          </div>

        </div>

        <div class="col-md-6">

          <div class="form-group form-group-default">

            <label>Phone</label>

            <input type="text" class="form-control" name="phone">

          </div>

        </div>

      </div>

      <div class="row clearfix">

        <div class="col-md-6">

          <div class="form-group form-group-default input-group required">

            <div class="form-input-group">

              <label>Date Of Birth</label>

              <input id="start-date" type="text" class="form-control date" name="dob" required>

            </div>

          </div>

        </div>

        <div class="col-md-6">

          <div class="form-group form-group-default input-group">

            <div class="form-input-group">

              <label class="inline">Account Status</label>

            </div>

            <div class="input-group-addon bg-transparent h-c-50">

              <input type="checkbox" name="status" data-init-plugin="switchery" data-size="small" data-color="primary" checked="checked" required />

            </div>

          </div>

        </div>

      </div>

    </div>

    <br>

    <div class="pull-left">

      <div class="checkbox check-primary">

        <input type="checkbox" checked="unchecked" value="1" id="checkbox-agree" name="confirmation">

        <label for="checkbox-agree">I hereby certify that the information above is true and accurate

        </label>

      </div>

    </div>

    <br>

    <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Submit</button>

    <button class="btn btn-default" type="reset"><i class="pg-close"></i>Clear</button>

  </form>

P.s I have the form validation library and url helper loaded.

You need to change you if condition:

if ($this->form_validation->run == FALSE)

to

if ($this->form_validation->run != FALSE)

Then, If validation is failed, user will be redirect back to "users/view" and redirect to "news" if passed.

If you want to redirect back to your form then, your redirection statement should be in if block body like this

if($this->form_validation->run == FALSE)

{

  redirect('users/view');

}

else

{

  redirect('news');

}