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<?php
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 * CodeIgniter
 *
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 *
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 * @package    CodeIgniter
 * @author    EllisLab Dev Team
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 * @copyright    Copyright (c) 2014 - 2019, British Columbia Institute of Technology (https://bcit.ca/)
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 * @since    Version 1.0.0
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 */
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 * Form Validation Class
 *
 * @package        CodeIgniter
 * @subpackage    Libraries
 * @category    Validation
 * @author        EllisLab Dev Team
 * @link        https://codeigniter.com/userguide3/libraries/form_validation.html
 */
class CI_Form_validation {

    /**
     * Reference to the CodeIgniter instance
     *
     * @var object
     */
    protected $CI;

    /**
     * Validation data for the current form submission
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $_field_data        = array();

    /**
     * Validation rules for the current form
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $_config_rules    = array();

    /**
     * Array of validation errors
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $_error_array        = array();

    /**
     * Array of custom error messages
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $_error_messages    = array();

    /**
     * Start tag for error wrapping
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $_error_prefix    = '<p>';

    /**
     * End tag for error wrapping
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $_error_suffix    = '</p>';

    /**
     * Custom error message
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $error_string        = '';

    /**
     * Custom data to validate
     *
     * @var array
     */
    public $validation_data    = array();

    /**
     * Initialize Form_Validation class
     *
     * @param    array    $rules
     * @return    void
     */
    public function __construct($rules = array())
    {
        $this->CI =& get_instance();

        // applies delimiters set in config file.
        if (isset($rules['error_prefix']))
        {
            $this->_error_prefix = $rules['error_prefix'];
            unset($rules['error_prefix']);
        }
        if (isset($rules['error_suffix']))
        {
            $this->_error_suffix = $rules['error_suffix'];
            unset($rules['error_suffix']);
        }

        // Validation rules can be stored in a config file.
        $this->_config_rules = $rules;

        // Automatically load the form helper
        $this->CI->load->helper('form');

        log_message('info', 'Form Validation Class Initialized');
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Set Rules
     *
     * This function takes an array of field names and validation
     * rules as input, any custom error messages, validates the info,
     * and stores it
     *
     * @param    mixed    $field
     * @param    string    $label
     * @param    mixed    $rules
     * @param    array    $errors
     * @return    CI_Form_validation
     */
    public function set_rules($field, $label = null, $rules = null, $errors = array())
    {
        // No reason to set rules if we have no POST data
        // or a validation array has not been specified
        if ($this->CI->input->method() !== 'post' && empty($this->validation_data))
        {
            return $this;
        }

        // If an array was passed via the first parameter instead of individual string
        // values we cycle through it and recursively call this function.
        if (is_array($field))
        {
            foreach ($field as $row)
            {
                // Houston, we have a problem...
                if ( ! isset($row['field'], $row['rules']))
                {
                    continue;
                }

                // If the field label wasn't passed we use the field name
                $label = isset($row['label']) ? $row['label'] : $row['field'];

                // Add the custom error message array
                $errors = (isset($row['errors']) && is_array($row['errors'])) ? $row['errors'] : array();

                // Here we go!
                $this->set_rules($row['field'], $label, $row['rules'], $errors);
            }

            return $this;
        }
        elseif ( ! isset($rules))
        {
            throw new BadMethodCallException('Form_validation: set_rules() called without a $rules parameter');
        }

        // No fields or no rules? Nothing to do...
        if ( ! is_string($field) OR $field === '' OR empty($rules))
        {
            throw new RuntimeException('Form_validation: set_rules() called with an empty $rules parameter');
        }
        elseif ( ! is_array($rules))
        {
            // BC: Convert pipe-separated rules string to an array
            if ( ! is_string($rules))
            {
                throw new InvalidArgumentException('Form_validation: set_rules() expect $rules to be string or array; '.gettype($rules).' given');
            }

            $rules = preg_split('/\|(?![^\[]*\])/', $rules);
        }

        // If the field label wasn't passed we use the field name
        $label = ($label === '') ? $field : $label;

        $indexes = array();

        // Is the field name an array? If it is an array, we break it apart
        // into its components so that we can fetch the corresponding POST data later
        if (($is_array = (bool) preg_match_all('/\[(.*?)\]/', $field, $matches)) === TRUE)
        {
            sscanf($field, '%[^[][', $indexes[0]);

            for ($i = 0, $c = count($matches[0]); $i < $c; $i++)
            {
                if ($matches[1][$i] !== '')
                {
                    $indexes[] = $matches[1][$i];
                }
            }
        }

        // Build our master array
        $this->_field_data[$field] = array(
            'field'        => $field,
            'label'        => $label,
            'rules'        => $rules,
            'errors'    => $errors,
            'is_array'    => $is_array,
            'keys'        => $indexes,
            'postdata'    => NULL,
            'error'        => ''
        );

        return $this;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * By default, form validation uses the $_POST array to validate
     *
     * If an array is set through this method, then this array will
     * be used instead of the $_POST array
     *
     * Note that if you are validating multiple arrays, then the
     * reset_validation() function should be called after validating
     * each array due to the limitations of CI's singleton
     *
     * @param    array    $data
     * @return    CI_Form_validation
     */
    public function set_data(array $data)
    {
        if ( ! empty($data))
        {
            $this->validation_data = $data;
        }

        return $this;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Set Error Message
     *
     * Lets users set their own error messages on the fly. Note:
     * The key name has to match the function name that it corresponds to.
     *
     * @param    array
     * @param    string
     * @return    CI_Form_validation
     */
    public function set_message($lang, $val = '')
    {
        if ( ! is_array($lang))
        {
            $lang = array($lang => $val);
        }

        $this->_error_messages = array_merge($this->_error_messages, $lang);
        return $this;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Set The Error Delimiter
     *
     * Permits a prefix/suffix to be added to each error message
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string
     * @return    CI_Form_validation
     */
    public function set_error_delimiters($prefix = '<p>', $suffix = '</p>')
    {
        $this->_error_prefix = $prefix;
        $this->_error_suffix = $suffix;
        return $this;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Get Error Message
     *
     * Gets the error message associated with a particular field
     *
     * @param    string    $field    Field name
     * @param    string    $prefix    HTML start tag
     * @param     string    $suffix    HTML end tag
     * @return    string
     */
    public function error($field, $prefix = '', $suffix = '')
    {
        if (empty($this->_field_data[$field]['error']))
        {
            return '';
        }

        if ($prefix === '')
        {
            $prefix = $this->_error_prefix;
        }

        if ($suffix === '')
        {
            $suffix = $this->_error_suffix;
        }

        return $prefix.$this->_field_data[$field]['error'].$suffix;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Get Array of Error Messages
     *
     * Returns the error messages as an array
     *
     * @return    array
     */
    public function error_array()
    {
        return $this->_error_array;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Error String
     *
     * Returns the error messages as a string, wrapped in the error delimiters
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string
     * @return    string
     */
    public function error_string($prefix = '', $suffix = '')
    {
        // No errors, validation passes!
        if (count($this->_error_array) === 0)
        {
            return '';
        }

        if ($prefix === '')
        {
            $prefix = $this->_error_prefix;
        }

        if ($suffix === '')
        {
            $suffix = $this->_error_suffix;
        }

        // Generate the error string
        $str = '';
        foreach ($this->_error_array as $val)
        {
            if ($val !== '')
            {
                $str .= $prefix.$val.$suffix."\n";
            }
        }

        return $str;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Run the Validator
     *
     * This function does all the work.
     *
     * @param    string    $config
     * @param    array    $data
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function run($config = NULL, &$data = NULL)
    {
        $validation_array = empty($this->validation_data)
            ? $_POST
            : $this->validation_data;

        // Does the _field_data array containing the validation rules exist?
        // If not, we look to see if they were assigned via a config file
        if (count($this->_field_data) === 0)
        {
            // No validation rules?  We're done...
            if (empty($this->_config_rules))
            {
                return FALSE;
            }

            if (empty($config))
            {
                // Is there a validation rule for the particular URI being accessed?
                $config = trim($this->CI->uri->ruri_string(), '/');
                isset($this->_config_rules[$config]) OR $config = $this->CI->router->class.'/'.$this->CI->router->method;
            }

            $this->set_rules(isset($this->_config_rules[$config]) ? $this->_config_rules[$config] : $this->_config_rules);

            // Were we able to set the rules correctly?
            if (count($this->_field_data) === 0)
            {
                log_message('debug', 'Unable to find validation rules');
                return FALSE;
            }
        }

        // Load the language file containing error messages
        $this->CI->lang->load('form_validation');

        // Cycle through the rules for each field and match the corresponding $validation_data item
        foreach ($this->_field_data as $field => &$row)
        {
            // Fetch the data from the validation_data array item and cache it in the _field_data array.
            // Depending on whether the field name is an array or a string will determine where we get it from.
            if ($row['is_array'] === TRUE)
            {
                $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'] = $this->_reduce_array($validation_array, $row['keys']);
            }
            elseif (isset($validation_array[$field]))
            {
                $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'] = $validation_array[$field];
            }
        }

        // Execute validation rules
        // Note: A second foreach (for now) is required in order to avoid false-positives
        //     for rules like 'matches', which correlate to other validation fields.
        foreach ($this->_field_data as $field => &$row)
        {
            // Don't try to validate if we have no rules set
            if (empty($row['rules']))
            {
                continue;
            }

            $this->_execute($row, $row['rules'], $row['postdata']);
        }

        if ( ! empty($this->_error_array))
        {
            return FALSE;
        }

        // Fill $data if requested, otherwise modify $_POST, as long as
        // set_data() wasn't used (yea, I know it sounds confusing)
        if (func_num_args() >= 2)
        {
            $data = empty($this->validation_data) ? $_POST : $this->validation_data;
            $this->_reset_data_array($data);
            return TRUE;
        }

        empty($this->validation_data) && $this->_reset_data_array($_POST);
        return TRUE;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Prepare rules
     *
     * Re-orders the provided rules in order of importance, so that
     * they can easily be executed later without weird checks ...
     *
     * "Callbacks" are given the highest priority (always called),
     * followed by 'required' (called if callbacks didn't fail),
     * and then every next rule depends on the previous one passing.
     *
     * @param    array    $rules
     * @return    array
     */
    protected function _prepare_rules($rules)
    {
        $new_rules = array();
        $callbacks = array();

        foreach ($rules as &$rule)
        {
            // Let 'required' always be the first (non-callback) rule
            if ($rule === 'required')
            {
                array_unshift($new_rules, 'required');
            }
            // 'isset' is a kind of a weird alias for 'required' ...
            elseif ($rule === 'isset' && (empty($new_rules) OR $new_rules[0] !== 'required'))
            {
                array_unshift($new_rules, 'isset');
            }
            // The old/classic 'callback_'-prefixed rules
            elseif (is_string($rule) && strncmp('callback_', $rule, 9) === 0)
            {
                $callbacks[] = $rule;
            }
            // Proper callables
            elseif (is_callable($rule))
            {
                $callbacks[] = $rule;
            }
            // "Named" callables; i.e. array('name' => $callable)
            elseif (is_array($rule) && isset($rule[0], $rule[1]) && is_callable($rule[1]))
            {
                $callbacks[] = $rule;
            }
            // Everything else goes at the end of the queue
            else
            {
                $new_rules[] = $rule;
            }
        }

        return array_merge($callbacks, $new_rules);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Traverse a multidimensional $_POST array index until the data is found
     *
     * @param    array
     * @param    array
     * @param    int
     * @return    mixed
     */
    protected function _reduce_array($array, $keys, $i = 0)
    {
        if (is_array($array) && isset($keys[$i]))
        {
            return isset($array[$keys[$i]]) ? $this->_reduce_array($array[$keys[$i]], $keys, ($i+1)) : NULL;
        }

        // NULL must be returned for empty fields
        return ($array === '') ? NULL : $array;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Re-populate the _POST array with our finalized and processed data
     *
     * @return    void
     */
    protected function _reset_data_array(&$data)
    {
        foreach ($this->_field_data as $field => $row)
        {
            if ($row['postdata'] !== NULL)
            {
                if ($row['is_array'] === FALSE)
                {
                    isset($data[$field]) && $data[$field] = is_array($row['postdata']) ? NULL : $row['postdata'];
                }
                else
                {
                    $data_ref =& $data;

                    // before we assign values, make a reference to the right POST key
                    if (count($row['keys']) === 1)
                    {
                        $data_ref =& $data[current($row['keys'])];
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        foreach ($row['keys'] as $val)
                        {
                            $data_ref =& $data_ref[$val];
                        }
                    }

                    $data_ref = $row['postdata'];
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Executes the Validation routines
     *
     * @param    array
     * @param    array
     * @param    mixed
     * @param    int
     * @return    mixed
     */
    protected function _execute($row, $rules, $postdata = NULL, $cycles = 0)
    {
        $allow_arrays = in_array('is_array', $rules, TRUE);

        // If the $_POST data is an array we will run a recursive call
        //
        // Note: We MUST check if the array is empty or not!
        //       Otherwise empty arrays will always pass validation.
        if ($allow_arrays === FALSE && is_array($postdata) && ! empty($postdata))
        {
            foreach ($postdata as $key => $val)
            {
                $this->_execute($row, $rules, $val, $key);
            }

            return;
        }

        $rules = $this->_prepare_rules($rules);
        foreach ($rules as $rule)
        {
            $_in_array = FALSE;

            // We set the $postdata variable with the current data in our master array so that
            // each cycle of the loop is dealing with the processed data from the last cycle
            if ($row['is_array'] === TRUE && is_array($this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata']))
            {
                // We shouldn't need this safety, but just in case there isn't an array index
                // associated with this cycle we'll bail out
                if ( ! isset($this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata'][$cycles]))
                {
                    continue;
                }

                $postdata = $this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata'][$cycles];
                $_in_array = TRUE;
            }
            // If we get an array field, but it's not expected - then it is most likely
            // somebody messing with the form on the client side, so we'll just consider
            // it an empty field
            elseif ($allow_arrays === FALSE && is_array($this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata']))
            {
                $postdata = NULL;
            }
            else
            {
                $postdata = $this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata'];
            }

            // Is the rule a callback?
            $callback = $callable = FALSE;
            if (is_string($rule))
            {
                if (strpos($rule, 'callback_') === 0)
                {
                    $rule = substr($rule, 9);
                    $callback = TRUE;
                }
            }
            elseif (is_callable($rule))
            {
                $callable = TRUE;
            }
            elseif (is_array($rule) && isset($rule[0], $rule[1]) && is_callable($rule[1]))
            {
                // We have a "named" callable, so save the name
                $callable = $rule[0];
                $rule = $rule[1];
            }

            // Strip the parameter (if exists) from the rule
            // Rules can contain a parameter: max_length[5]
            $param = FALSE;
            if ( ! $callable && preg_match('/(.*?)\[(.*)\]/', $rule, $match))
            {
                $rule = $match[1];
                $param = $match[2];
            }

            // Ignore empty, non-required inputs with a few exceptions ...
            if (
                ($postdata === NULL OR ($allow_arrays === FALSE && $postdata === ''))
                && $callback === FALSE
                && $callable === FALSE
                && ! in_array($rule, array('required', 'isset', 'matches'), TRUE)
            )
            {
                continue;
            }

            // Call the function that corresponds to the rule
            if ($callback OR $callable !== FALSE)
            {
                if ($callback)
                {
                    if ( ! method_exists($this->CI, $rule))
                    {
                        log_message('debug', 'Unable to find callback validation rule: '.$rule);
                        $result = FALSE;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        // Run the function and grab the result
                        $result = $this->CI->$rule($postdata, $param);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    $result = is_array($rule)
                        ? $rule[0]->{$rule[1]}($postdata)
                        : $rule($postdata);

                    // Is $callable set to a rule name?
                    if ($callable !== FALSE)
                    {
                        $rule = $callable;
                    }
                }

                // Re-assign the result to the master data array
                if ($_in_array === TRUE)
                {
                    $this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata'][$cycles] = is_bool($result) ? $postdata : $result;
                }
                else
                {
                    $this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata'] = is_bool($result) ? $postdata : $result;
                }
            }
            elseif ( ! method_exists($this, $rule))
            {
                // If our own wrapper function doesn't exist we see if a native PHP function does.
                // Users can use any native PHP function call that has one param.
                if (function_exists($rule))
                {
                    // Native PHP functions issue warnings if you pass them more parameters than they use
                    $result = ($param !== FALSE) ? $rule($postdata, $param) : $rule($postdata);

                    if ($_in_array === TRUE)
                    {
                        $this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata'][$cycles] = is_bool($result) ? $postdata : $result;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        $this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata'] = is_bool($result) ? $postdata : $result;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    log_message('debug', 'Unable to find validation rule: '.$rule);
                    $result = FALSE;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                $result = $this->$rule($postdata, $param);

                if ($_in_array === TRUE)
                {
                    $this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata'][$cycles] = is_bool($result) ? $postdata : $result;
                }
                else
                {
                    $this->_field_data[$row['field']]['postdata'] = is_bool($result) ? $postdata : $result;
                }
            }

            // Did the rule test negatively? If so, grab the error.
            if ($result === FALSE)
            {
                // Callable rules might not have named error messages
                if ( ! is_string($rule))
                {
                    $line = $this->CI->lang->line('form_validation_error_message_not_set').'(Anonymous function)';
                }
                else
                {
                    $line = $this->_get_error_message($rule, $row['field']);
                }

                // Is the parameter we are inserting into the error message the name
                // of another field? If so we need to grab its "field label"
                if (isset($this->_field_data[$param], $this->_field_data[$param]['label']))
                {
                    $param = $this->_translate_fieldname($this->_field_data[$param]['label']);
                }

                // Build the error message
                $message = $this->_build_error_msg($line, $this->_translate_fieldname($row['label']), $param);

                // Save the error message
                $this->_field_data[$row['field']]['error'] = $message;

                if ( ! isset($this->_error_array[$row['field']]))
                {
                    $this->_error_array[$row['field']] = $message;
                }

                return;
            }
        }
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Get the error message for the rule
     *
     * @param     string $rule     The rule name
     * @param     string $field    The field name
     * @return     string
     */
    protected function _get_error_message($rule, $field)
    {
        // check if a custom message is defined through validation config row.
        if (isset($this->_field_data[$field]['errors'][$rule]))
        {
            return $this->_field_data[$field]['errors'][$rule];
        }
        // check if a custom message has been set using the set_message() function
        elseif (isset($this->_error_messages[$rule]))
        {
            return $this->_error_messages[$rule];
        }
        elseif (FALSE !== ($line = $this->CI->lang->line('form_validation_'.$rule)))
        {
            return $line;
        }

        return $this->CI->lang->line('form_validation_error_message_not_set').'('.$rule.')';
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Translate a field name
     *
     * @param    string    the field name
     * @return    string
     */
    protected function _translate_fieldname($fieldname)
    {
        // Do we need to translate the field name? We look for the prefix 'lang:' to determine this
        // If we find one, but there's no translation for the string - just return it
        if (sscanf($fieldname, 'lang:%s', $line) === 1 && FALSE === ($fieldname = $this->CI->lang->line($line, FALSE)))
        {
            return $line;
        }

        return $fieldname;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Build an error message using the field and param.
     *
     * @param    string    The error message line
     * @param    string    A field's human name
     * @param    mixed    A rule's optional parameter
     * @return    string
     */
    protected function _build_error_msg($line, $field = '', $param = '')
    {
        // Check for %s in the string for legacy support.
        if (strpos($line, '%s') !== FALSE)
        {
            return sprintf($line, $field, $param);
        }

        return str_replace(array('{field}', '{param}'), array($field, $param), $line);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Checks if the rule is present within the validator
     *
     * Permits you to check if a rule is present within the validator
     *
     * @param    string    the field name
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function has_rule($field)
    {
        return isset($this->_field_data[$field]);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Get the value from a form
     *
     * Permits you to repopulate a form field with the value it was submitted
     * with, or, if that value doesn't exist, with the default
     *
     * @param    string    the field name
     * @param    string
     * @return    string
     */
    public function set_value($field = '', $default = '')
    {
        if ( ! isset($this->_field_data[$field], $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata']))
        {
            return $default;
        }

        // If the data is an array output them one at a time.
        //    E.g: form_input('name[]', set_value('name[]');
        if (is_array($this->_field_data[$field]['postdata']))
        {
            return array_shift($this->_field_data[$field]['postdata']);
        }

        return $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'];
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Set Select
     *
     * Enables pull-down lists to be set to the value the user
     * selected in the event of an error
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string
     * @param    bool
     * @return    string
     */
    public function set_select($field = '', $value = '', $default = FALSE)
    {
        if ( ! isset($this->_field_data[$field], $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata']))
        {
            return ($default === TRUE && count($this->_field_data) === 0) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
        }

        $field = $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'];
        $value = (string) $value;
        if (is_array($field))
        {
            // Note: in_array('', array(0)) returns TRUE, do not use it
            foreach ($field as &$v)
            {
                if ($value === $v)
                {
                    return ' selected="selected"';
                }
            }

            return '';
        }
        elseif (($field === '' OR $value === '') OR ($field !== $value))
        {
            return '';
        }

        return ' selected="selected"';
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Set Radio
     *
     * Enables radio buttons to be set to the value the user
     * selected in the event of an error
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string
     * @param    bool
     * @return    string
     */
    public function set_radio($field = '', $value = '', $default = FALSE)
    {
        if ( ! isset($this->_field_data[$field], $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata']))
        {
            return ($default === TRUE && count($this->_field_data) === 0) ? ' checked="checked"' : '';
        }

        $field = $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'];
        $value = (string) $value;
        if (is_array($field))
        {
            // Note: in_array('', array(0)) returns TRUE, do not use it
            foreach ($field as &$v)
            {
                if ($value === $v)
                {
                    return ' checked="checked"';
                }
            }

            return '';
        }
        elseif (($field === '' OR $value === '') OR ($field !== $value))
        {
            return '';
        }

        return ' checked="checked"';
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Set Checkbox
     *
     * Enables checkboxes to be set to the value the user
     * selected in the event of an error
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string
     * @param    bool
     * @return    string
     */
    public function set_checkbox($field = '', $value = '', $default = FALSE)
    {
        // Logic is exactly the same as for radio fields
        return $this->set_radio($field, $value, $default);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Required
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function required($str)
    {
        return is_array($str)
            ? (empty($str) === FALSE)
            : (trim((string) $str) !== '');
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Performs a Regular Expression match test.
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string    regex
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function regex_match($str, $regex)
    {
        return (bool) preg_match($regex, $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Match one field to another
     *
     * @param    string    $str    string to compare against
     * @param    string    $field
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function matches($str, $field)
    {
        return isset($this->_field_data[$field], $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'])
            ? ($str === $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'])
            : FALSE;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Differs from another field
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string    field
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function differs($str, $field)
    {
        return ! (isset($this->_field_data[$field]) && $this->_field_data[$field]['postdata'] === $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Is Unique
     *
     * Check if the input value doesn't already exist
     * in the specified database field.
     *
     * @param    string    $str
     * @param    string    $field
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function is_unique($str, $field)
    {
        sscanf($field, '%[^.].%[^.]', $table, $field);
        return isset($this->CI->db)
            ? ($this->CI->db->limit(1)->get_where($table, array($field => $str))->num_rows() === 0)
            : FALSE;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Minimum Length
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function min_length($str, $val)
    {
        if ( ! is_numeric($val))
        {
            return FALSE;
        }

        return ($val <= mb_strlen($str));
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Max Length
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function max_length($str, $val)
    {
        if ( ! is_numeric($val))
        {
            return FALSE;
        }

        return ($val >= mb_strlen($str));
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Exact Length
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function exact_length($str, $val)
    {
        if ( ! is_numeric($val))
        {
            return FALSE;
        }

        return (mb_strlen($str) === (int) $val);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Valid URL
     *
     * @param    string    $str
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function valid_url($str)
    {
        if (empty($str))
        {
            return FALSE;
        }
        elseif (preg_match('/^(?:([^:]*)\:)?\/\/(.+)$/', $str, $matches))
        {
            if (empty($matches[2]))
            {
                return FALSE;
            }
            elseif ( ! in_array(strtolower($matches[1]), array('http', 'https'), TRUE))
            {
                return FALSE;
            }

            $str = $matches[2];
        }

        // Apparently, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL doesn't reject digit-only names for some reason ...
        // See https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/5755
        if (ctype_digit($str))
        {
            return FALSE;
        }

        // PHP 7 accepts IPv6 addresses within square brackets as hostnames,
        // but it appears that the PR that came in with https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68039
        // was never merged into a PHP 5 branch ... https://3v4l.org/8PsSN
        if (preg_match('/^\[([^\]]+)\]/', $str, $matches) && ! is_php('7') && filter_var($matches[1], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV6) !== FALSE)
        {
            $str = 'ipv6.host'.substr($str, strlen($matches[1]) + 2);
        }

        return (filter_var('http://'.$str, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) !== FALSE);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Valid Email
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function valid_email($str)
    {
        if (function_exists('idn_to_ascii') && preg_match('#\A([^@]+)@(.+)\z#', $str, $matches))
        {
            $domain = defined('INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46')
                ? idn_to_ascii($matches[2], 0, INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46)
                : idn_to_ascii($matches[2]);

            if ($domain !== FALSE)
            {
                $str = $matches[1].'@'.$domain;
            }
        }

        return (bool) filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Valid Emails
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function valid_emails($str)
    {
        if (strpos($str, ',') === FALSE)
        {
            return $this->valid_email(trim($str));
        }

        foreach (explode(',', $str) as $email)
        {
            if (trim($email) !== '' && $this->valid_email(trim($email)) === FALSE)
            {
                return FALSE;
            }
        }

        return TRUE;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Validate IP Address
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string    'ipv4' or 'ipv6' to validate a specific IP format
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function valid_ip($ip, $which = '')
    {
        return $this->CI->input->valid_ip($ip, $which);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Validate MAC address
     *
     * @param    string    $mac
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function valid_mac($mac)
    {
        if ( ! is_php('5.5'))
        {
            // Most common format, with either dash or colon delimiters
            if (preg_match('#\A[0-9a-f]{2}(?<delimiter>[:-])([0-9a-f]{2}(?P=delimiter)){4}[0-9a-f]{2}\z#i', $mac))
            {
                return TRUE;
            }

            // The less common format; e.g. 0123.4567.89ab
            return (bool) preg_match('#((\A|\.)[0-9a-f]{4}){3}\z#i', $mac);
        }

        return (bool) filter_var($mac, FILTER_VALIDATE_MAC);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Alpha
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function alpha($str)
    {
        return ctype_alpha($str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Alpha-numeric
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function alpha_numeric($str)
    {
        return ctype_alnum((string) $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Alpha-numeric w/ spaces
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function alpha_numeric_spaces($str)
    {
        return (bool) preg_match('/^[A-Z0-9 ]+$/i', $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Alpha-numeric with underscores and dashes
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function alpha_dash($str)
    {
        return (bool) preg_match('/^[a-z0-9_-]+$/i', $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Numeric
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function numeric($str)
    {
        return (bool) preg_match('/^[\-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+$/', $str);

    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Integer
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function integer($str)
    {
        return (bool) preg_match('/^[\-+]?[0-9]+$/', $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Decimal number
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function decimal($str)
    {
        return (bool) preg_match('/^[\-+]?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/', $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Greater than
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    int
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function greater_than($str, $min)
    {
        return is_numeric($str) ? ($str > $min) : FALSE;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Equal to or Greater than
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    int
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function greater_than_equal_to($str, $min)
    {
        return is_numeric($str) ? ($str >= $min) : FALSE;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Less than
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    int
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function less_than($str, $max)
    {
        return is_numeric($str) ? ($str < $max) : FALSE;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Equal to or Less than
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    int
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function less_than_equal_to($str, $max)
    {
        return is_numeric($str) ? ($str <= $max) : FALSE;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Value should be within an array of values
     *
     * @param    string
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function in_list($value, $list)
    {
        return in_array($value, explode(',', $list), TRUE);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Is a Natural number  (0,1,2,3, etc.)
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function is_natural($str)
    {
        return ctype_digit((string) $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Is a Natural number, but not a zero  (1,2,3, etc.)
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function is_natural_no_zero($str)
    {
        return ($str != 0 && ctype_digit((string) $str));
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Valid Base64
     *
     * Tests a string for characters outside of the Base64 alphabet
     * as defined by RFC 2045 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2045
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    bool
     */
    public function valid_base64($str)
    {
        return (base64_encode(base64_decode($str)) === $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Prep URL
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    string
     */
    public function prep_url($str = '')
    {
        if ($str !== '' && stripos($str, 'http://') !== 0 && stripos($str, 'https://') !== 0)
        {
            return 'http://'.$str;
        }

        return $str;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Strip Image Tags
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    string
     */
    public function strip_image_tags($str)
    {
        return $this->CI->security->strip_image_tags($str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Convert PHP tags to entities
     *
     * @param    string
     * @return    string
     */
    public function encode_php_tags($str)
    {
        return str_replace(array('<?', '?>'), array('&lt;?', '?&gt;'), $str);
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Reset validation vars
     *
     * Prevents subsequent validation routines from being affected by the
     * results of any previous validation routine due to the CI singleton.
     *
     * @return    CI_Form_validation
     */
    public function reset_validation()
    {
        $this->_field_data = array();
        $this->_error_array = array();
        $this->_error_messages = array();
        $this->error_string = '';
        return $this;
    }

}