Object not found on codeigniter - php

Question

I have codeigniter installed on my localhost
The main.php controller is
class Main extends CI_Controller {
public function index()
{
$this -> login();
}
public function login()
{
$this->load->view('login');
}
public function login_validation() {
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email','Email','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password','Password','required|md5');
if($this->form_validation->run())
{
redirect('main/members');
}
else
{
$this->load->view('login');
}
}
}
The login is working page is coming,but after I fill the username and password,should take me to login/main/login_validation and from there the function login_validation() should either redirect to main/members or show me the login page.But what happens is when I submit the form,the object not found error is coming.Can anyone help me out?
form is
form_open('main/login_validation');

Answer 1

To answer what I think your question is getting at, you're using the form_validation class wrong. You should be testing whether or not the form_validation->run() is TRUE (all fields passed validation) or FALSE (there was an error in one or more of the inputs). Structure you code like such:
public function login_validation() {
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email','Email','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password','Password','required|md5');
if ($this->form_validation->run() === FALSE)
{
$this->load->view('login');
}
else
{
redirect('main/members');
}
}
This is covered in the CodeIgniter documentation here.

Answer 2

in your controller ..you could try this..
function index()
{
//This method will have the credentials validation
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'required');
if($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
//Field validation failed. User redirected to login page
$this->load->view('login');
}
else
{
$this->check_database();
//redirect('home');
}
}
function check_database()
{
//Field validation succeeded. Validate against database
$username = $this->input->post('username');
$password = $this->input->post('password');
//query the database
$query_result = $this->model_login->login($username, $password);
if($query_result)
{
$this->load->view('main/members');
}
else
{
redirect('login');
}
}
in model
function login($username,$password){
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM `login` WHERE `username`= '".$username."' AND
password='".$password."' LIMIT 1");
if ($query->num_rows() > 0)
return TRUE;
else
return FALSE;
}