Question

I have a codeigniter controller with the following check() function to check username and password.

http://localhost/prakash/modules/index.php/login/login/login/login/login/login/check

and every time I submit the form (from the view), the above link is generated. How can I overcome it. I could have used redirect('login') in the controller instead of $this->load->view('login/login_form'); but in that way it wouldnt display the validation errors in the form.

My Controller is

function check(){

        $this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'required');
        if($this->form_validation->run()==FALSE){
            $this->load->view('login/login_form');
        }else{
            $this->load->model('loginModel');
            $query = $this->loginModel->validate();
            if($query){
                $data = array('username' => $this->input->post('username'),
                               'is_logged_in' => true
                            );
                $this->session->set_userdata($data);
                //redirecting to appropriate page 
                redirect('success');
            }else{
                $this->session->set_flashdata('loginCheck','Username/Password Comination Incorrect!');
                redirect('login');
            }
        }

    }

My view is

<section class="main">
<form class="form-1" action="login/check" method="post">
    <?php echo "<p class=\"text-error\">{$this->session->flashdata('loginCheck')}</p>"; ?>
    <?php echo validation_errors(); ?>
    <p class="field">
        <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username or email">
        <i class="icon-user icon-large"></i>
    </p>
        <p class="field">
            <input type="password" name="password" placeholder="Password">
            <i class="icon-lock icon-large"></i>
    </p>
    <p class="submit">
        <button type="submit" name="submit"><i class="icon-arrow-right icon-large"></i></button>
    </p>
</form>
</section>

Answer 1

The problem is with the action attribute of the form tag

Change

<form class="form-1" action="login/check" method="post">

To

<form class="form-1" action="/login/check" method="post">

Or better (if you are using the url helper)

<form class="form-1" action="<?php echo base_url() ?>login/check" method="post">

Why is it happening?

You are using a value that is relative to the path of the current url.

HTML form action Attribute

Example 1

• Page
  • http://www.example.com/
• Form
  • <form class="form-1" action="login/check" method="post">
• Will post to
  • http://www.example.com/login/check

Example 2

• Page
  • http://www.example.com/login/
• Form
  • <form class="form-1" action="login/check" method="post">
• Will post to
  • http://www.example.com/login/login/check

Example 3

• Page
  • http://www.example.com/login
• Form
  • <form class="form-1" action="/" method="post">
• Will post to
  • http://www.example.com/