How to customize form validation errors in codeIgniter

Question

Is there a file in codeIgniter in which I could just edit so that I can customize the form validation messages?

Answer 1

You can change the Error Delimiters in this way:

<ul>
<?php echo validation_errors('<li>', '</li>'); ?>
</ul>

docs: https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/form_validation.html#changing-the-error-delimiters

For v3: https://www.codeigniter.com/userguide3/libraries/form_validation.html#changing-the-error-delimiters

Answer 2

You can use <?php echo form_error('field name', '<div class="error">', '</div>'); ?> for displaying errors individually.

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