Question

I have a Controller named Author. Inside the controller, I have defined a submit function that takes care of the 3-step form process. Right now I have only created the first form.

class Author extends CI_Controller {

    public function index() {
    }

    public function submit() {  
        $this->load->view('author/submit_step1');
    }

}

The form1 that is loaded in the view points to the URL (action)

http://localhost/zabjournal/Author/submit/2

My objective is to save the values of the first form to a database, and then load the 2nd form.

Given the action of the form, How should I design the controller so that I can access a model and save the details of the first form, and then load the view for the 2nd form.

Answer 1

You could do something like this:

public function submit (){

if ($this->input->post('submit-1')) //Use unique names for each submit button value on the forms
{
    //validate and save form data to database

    $this->load->view('author/submit_step2');
}
elseif ($this->input->post('submit-2'))
{
    //validate and save form data to database

    $this->load->view ('author/submit_step3');
}
elseif ($this->input->post('submit-3'))
{
    //validate and save form data to database

    $this->load->view('author/success');
}
else
{
    $this->load->view('author/submit_step1');
}

}