All my other form elements validate BUT my text area. Thoughts onto maybe why with the following code?
<?php $attributes = array('cols' => '30', 'rows' => '5', 'id' => 'article', 'class' => 'required') ?>
<div>
<?php echo form_textarea('article', '', $attributes); ?>
</div>
EDIT: I'm using the jQuery validation class.
<div class="section _100">
<label for="article">Article</label>
<div>
<textarea name="article" cols="40" rows="10" Array></textarea>
</div>
</div>
SO now I"m wondering why its showing that Array like that when it should be finishing putting the attributes like the class part.