Why codeigniter shopping cart class doesn't allow any special character in the name?

Question

I have a question just like in the title - Why codeigniter shopping cart class doesn\'t allow any special character in the name? When I\'m adding some item with normal name

Answer 1

If you look on Cart.php you will see on line 31 var $product_name_rules = '\.\:\-_ a-z0-9';.

A nice way to change this variable is putting a MY_Cart.php on your application\libraries\MY_Cart.php with this code:

Or you can also modify it when you add the product, using:

$this->cart->product_name_rules = '[:print:]';
$this->cart->insert(array());