Question

I am very curious on why when I print_r($this->input->post()), it prints an array and then has 1 after it.
This is what it prints:

Array ( [username] => lilmousiee [birthdate] => 1992-04-26 [gender] => 1 [password] => 66lah66lab [password2] => 66lah66lab [pin] => 2323 [pin2] => 2323 [email] => [e-mail] [email2] => [e-mail] [region] => 1 [dtype] => air [dname] => Mattyco [dgender] => 1 [terms] => [recaptcha_challenge_field] => 03AHJ_VutHNI6hK3M_trpE-n4Qr9V5wWSH10p8hmQjrYVLeWf65ylIDva5XdH78uGED5KCsMx8tp3FHZ6p1xTllyrdSP7nEbnSILQ9CDqrxoD2pit5o9T9Cowy06_O6XLLM22fvH_5ICqoYrmI-o-P8dGCal0fNKuSohgvFU03FmgbhuYTDjJ_xUA [recaptcha_response_field] => asdfsadf [submit] => Register [search] => [type] => usersitems ) 1

Why is it printing that “1” after the array? I do not have one even typed… And there is no input field that does a value of 1 after the register button… And what exactly is the “search” and “type” keys?

The last part of my HTML:

    <legend>Terms of Use</legend>
    <div id="terms">
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    </div>
    <?php echo form_checkbox(array('name' => 'terms')); ?> Accept Terms of Use
    <div class="row clearfix">
        <?php
          echo recaptcha_get_html($public_key);
        ?>
    </div>
</fieldset>
<?php echo print_r($array); ?>

<div class="row clearfix"><?php echo form_submit('submit', 'Register'); ?></div>
<? echo form_close(); ?>

I’m just having trouble passing $this->input->post() array into a validation function. Here is MY_Form_validation.php in my libraries folder:

class MY_Form_validation extends CI_Form_validation {
    private $post;

    public function __construct($params = array()) {
        foreach($params as $param) {
        parent::__construct($param['config']);
$this->post = $param['post'];
        }

    }
}

Is there a reason that “1” is being printed as the $this->post value… When it should hold the key and values of the array?
This is how I’m passing the parameters:

$this->load->library('MY_Form_validation', array('config' => '', 'post' => $this->input->post()));

But when I put print_r($this->post), it only prints “1”..

Answer 1

It’s because $this->input->post() is an object and not a string or an array. It’s printing out 1 because the object exists and has properties. If it did not exist or was empty, it would print 0. It’s just a numerical representation of the boolean return value.

As someone mentioned, if you do var_dump($this->input->post()) you won’t have the “1” character showing up.

To get the value of a field, specify the fieldname in the parentheses:

$recaptcha_data = $this->input->post('recaptcha_challenge_field');

Another clarification; You can use $this->input->post()‘s return value like this:

if ($this->input->post()) 
{
    // do stuff if post array exists
}