Question

I have a function that creates an HTML form lines View by placing the requested variables into the array to produce the following:

<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" value=\"\" id=\"name\" class=\"\" />

What I am trying to do now is create a way to edit the specific field via the same form as the add, but I am unsure how to get the current:

• name
• value
• class
• placeholder – set by dropdown box with an input field if “yes” is selected
• type – sets the input type

How could I extract this data?

My DB Structure is as below I was thinking I could have it so I have a row for each paramater and then the label and field row that I then edit with any changes.

I have tied the following:

$testLabel = $field_info->label;
$testPrint = preg_replace("/\([^\)]+\)/","",$testLabel);
$data['test'] = $testPrint;

Label = <label for=\"name\">Name</label>\n

This gave me Name/n but I am unsure how I could build a function to get the specific data I need and also set the dropdown boxes.

$field_info:

private function fieldInformation($id)
{
    $id = $this->uri->segment(4);

    $information = $this->form_model->showFieldInformation($id);

    return $information[0];
}

Answer 1

The codeiginter Form Validation class is what you need.

Using the functions there, you can prefield your forms with data from the database, whilst also ensuring validation on each field.