can't POST data from <textarea> in codeigniter -

i have been trying retrieve data textarea using post, keep geeting no data back. appreciated.

here form

  <?php echo validation_errors(); ?>   <?php echo form_open('s2e/contactvalidation'); ?>      <ul>          <li><label>subject<input type="text" id="emailsubject" name="subject" placeholder="example@site.com" width="200"></label></li>          <li><label>from<input type="email" id="emailfrom" name="from" ></label></li>          <li><label>message</label><textarea id="message" name="message" rows="6" cols="200" form="contact" ></textarea></li>      </ul>      <button type"submit" name="sendemail">send</button>      </form> 

my controller looks this

public function contactvalidation(){     $this->load->library('form_validation');     $this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('<div id="rerror">', '</div>');       $this->form_validation->set_rules('subject', 'subject', 'trim|required|xss_clean');     $this->form_validation->set_rules('from', 'from', 'trim|required|valid_email');     $this->form_validation->set_rules('message', 'message', 'trim|required');      $subject = $this->input->post('subject');     $from = $this->input->post('from');     $message = $this->input->post('message');      if($this->form_validation->run() == false)     {         print_r('failed');     } else {         print_r('good');     }      var_dump($subject);     var_dump($from);     var_dump($message);// culprit that's failing     } 

any appreciated

why don't use codeigniter's form helper:

<?php  echo validation_errors(); echo form_open('s2e/contactvalidation'); echo form_labe('subject', 'subject'); echo form_input('subject', 'value here', 'id="" placeholder=""'); echo form_label('email', 'email'); echo form_input('email', '', 'attributes=""'); echo form_textarea('msg', '') echo form_submit('submit', 'send form'); echo form_close(); ?>