I have tested this code in http://jsfiddle.net/gLpHY/92/, in there it runs fine but when I run it in my computer it does not work. (I have tested two versions of this code once using just html and jquery and the next time I use them with php, both of them did not work for me.)
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url()?>css/style.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url()?>css/tableCss.css">
<script type="text/javascript" scr="<?php echo base_url()?>js/jquery-1.12.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" scr="<?php echo base_url()?>js/projs.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" scr="<?php echo base_url()?>js/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<title>Questions</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="frm"><?php $a=array("id"=>"myForm","name"=>"myForm");
echo form_open('site/search',$a); ?>
<div>
<?php echo form_label('Question:','question'); ?>
<?php echo form_input('question', set_value('question', @$_GET['question']), 'id="question"', 'name="question"'); ?>
</div>
<div>
<?php echo form_label('Category:','category'); ?>
<?php echo form_dropdown('category', $category_options, set_value('category', @$_GET['category']), 'id="category"', 'name="category"'); ?>
</div>
<div>
<?php echo form_label('Score:','score'); ?>
<?php echo form_dropdown('score_comparison', array('gt' => '>', 'gte' =>'>=' , 'eq' => '=', 'lt' => '<', 'lte' => '<='), set_value('score_comparison', @$_GET['score_comparison']), 'id="score_comparison"', 'name="score_comparison"'); ?>
<?php echo form_input('score', set_value('score', @$_GET['score']), 'id="score"', 'name="score"'; ?>
</div>
<div>
<?php echo form_submit('action','');?>
</div>
<?php echo form_close();?>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#myForm").validate({
rules: {
question: {
required: true
}
},
messages: {
question:{
required: "Please enter some text"
}
}
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>