pickupman - 25 June 2010 01:57 PM

Yeah now throw in that you want the input field already filled with a database entry. See how your form_input handles that

Oh, I think I can answer that:

//Controller
$data['field_name_value'] = (isset($_POST['field_name'])) ? $this->input->post('field_name') : $result->field_name;

//View
echo form_input('field_name', set_value('field_name',htmlspecialchars($field_name_value))); 

Actually, this is all you have to do:

It uses the post value, if there is one. If not, it defaults to $result->field_name. Also, you don’t need to escape with htmlspecialchars. The helper does that for you.

I use HTML directly, something like this:

The $user variable is an object created at controller and passed to view, containing a string loaded from model/database when form state is “update record”, ~or~ an empty string when form state is “new record”.

fMertins - 10 August 2010 03:00 PM

I use HTML directly, something like this:

<input type="text" name="name" value="<?=$user->name;?>" /> 

The $user variable is an object created at controller and passed to view, containing a string loaded from model/database when form state is “update record”, ~or~ an empty string when form state is “new record”.

Short tags are evil.

I prefer raw html to using the form helper.