codeigniter validation unique code example

Example 1: codeigniter form_validation email

$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'trim|required|valid_email');

Example 2: form validation input inside api codeigniter

$this->form_validation->set_rules('user_api_key', 'User Api Id', 'trim|required');

if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE) {
  $data = strip_tags($this->form_validation->error_string());
  return $this->json_out($data, 0, $code = 'form_validation_error', $msg = 'Some Fields are required');
}

Example 3: is_unique in codeigniter form validation

$this->form_validation->set_rules('order_no', 'Order no', 'required|callback_check_order_no');

Example 4: is_unique in codeigniter form validation

function check_order_no($order_no) {        
        if($this->input->post('id'))
            $id = $this->input->post('id');
        else
            $id = '';
        $result = $this->Data_model->check_unique_order_no($id, $order_no);
        if($result == 0)
            $response = true;
        else {
            $this->form_validation->set_message('check_order_no', 'Order no already exist');
            $response = false;
        }
        return $response;
    }