I am using following form but when I am submitting form without entering any mandatory fields, then in other input fields values are converting into garbage values.
<?php echo form_open_multipart($formAction); ?>
// form action is coming from controller
<div id="content">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" width="100%" >
<tr>
<td>First Name<em>*</em></td>
<td>
<?php
$data = array('name' => 'firstName');
echo form_input($data, $firstName);
?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Middle Name<em>*</em></td>
<td>
<?php
$data = array('name' => 'middleName');
echo form_input($data, $middleName);
?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Last Name<em>*</em></td>
<td>
<?php
$data = array('name' => 'lastName');
echo form_input($data, $lastName);
?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<div class="formbuttons">
<?php echo form_submit('submit', "Save", "class='button'"); ?>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>
If I enter "test's" in first name field and submit form without entering other mandatory fields then in First Name text box it is showing test's
.