i have a simple form in my view that has a text area :
<textarea name="description" value="<?php echo set_value('description'); ?>"></textarea>
in my controller i have validated this text area using form_validation library
$this->form_validation->set_rules('description', 'Description', 'trim|required');
the validation is working perfectly , ie it gives me the error if text area is blank , but it does not repopulate the textarea , if textarea-description is correctly filled but there is some error in the other fields
What am i doing wrong ?