Question

When I use function create_category(), it will create a directory with this name such as images/newfolder.

Then I have a function edit_category() which checks post(‘name’).

In a controller

function edit_category($id=0){
if ($this->input->post('name')){
...
...

I don’t want to allow to change the category name. It will create another directory with a new name, images/newfolder2 etc.

In a view

$data = array('name'=>'name','id'=>'catname','size'=>25, 'value' => $category['name']);
echo form_input($data) ."</p>";

I used the following. but it does not use if ($this->input->post(‘name’)){, so it does not work.

echo "<h2>".$category['name']."</h2>";

Do you have any good ideas to solve this problem?

–UPDATE–

I am using Codeigniter, but I don’t think it is relevant in this case. I want to use if statement or some checking mechanism for this.

Answer 1

Use form_hidden() for your name.

<input type="hidden" name="username" value="johndoe" />