Question

All my other form elements validate BUT my text area. Thoughts onto maybe why with the following code?

<?php $attributes = array('cols' => '30', 'rows' => '5', 'id' => 'article', 'class' => 'required') ?>
 <div>
     <?php echo form_textarea('article', '', $attributes); ?>  
 </div>

EDIT:
I’m using the jQuery validation class.

<div class="section _100">
<label for="article">Article</label>   
    <div>
        <textarea name="article" cols="40" rows="10" Array></textarea>  
    </div>
</div>

SO now I”m wondering why its showing that Array like that when it should be finishing putting the attributes like the class part.

Answer 1

When you pass array of attributes, then it should be the only form_textarea function. Try this:

<?php $attributes = array('name' => 'article', 'cols' => '30', 'rows' => '5', 'id' => 'article', 'class' => 'required') ?>
<div>
    <?php echo form_textarea($attributes); ?>  
</div>