Question

I have a link which when clicked passes an argument to my controller to a function like so:

/home/inquire/54

• I want to then load a view which has a form in it and gather some input data.
• I then want to email both the argument and the form data to myself

This is my controller:

public function inquire($id) {

    $this->form_validation->set_rules('inputName', 'Name', 'required');

    if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE) {
        $this->load->view('client/M_inquire.php');
    } else {

        $this->email->from('[e-mail]', 'System');
        $this->email->to('[e-mail]');
        $this->email->subject('New Client Registration');

        $this->email->message(
                "Name: " . $this->input->post('inputName') . "<br />" .
                "Phone: " . $this->input->post('inputPhone') . "<br />" .
                "Email: " . $this->input->post('inputEmail') . "<br />" .
                "Nurse profession: " . $this->input->post('inputProfession') . "<br />" .
                "Nurse ID: " . $nurseid
        );
        $this->email->send();
        $this->load->view('client/M_inquire_success.php');
    }
}

THis is my view:

    <?php echo form_open('home/inquire'); ?>
    <label>Full Name</label>
    <input type="text" name= "inputName" id="inputName">

The problem is the controller expects an argument so when the form opens it crashes. Any idea how I can maintain the first argument I passed and gather some form data and email both?

THanks a lot.

Answer 1

In your call to form_open in your view you can append the id.

So, in your controller you could have something like:

...
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE) {
    $data['the_id'] = $id;
    $this->load->view('client/M_inquire.php', $data);
} else {
...

and then in the view you have:

<?php echo form_open('home/inquire/' . $the_id); ?>