CodeIgniter - Form: CodeIgniter HTML Style

CodeIgniter Form Step By Step Tutorial - Part 10: We have learn create form using HTML at previous post. CodeIgniter have library for other HTML tag. For use it, we must call HTML helper.

First, load HTML helper at controller. You can see at line 17:

<?
class Books extends Controller{

  function Books(){
	parent::Controller();
  }
	
  function main(){
	$this->load->model('books_model');
	$data = $this->books_model->general();
		
	$this->load->view('books_main',$data);
  }
	
  function input(){
	$this->load->helper('form');  
	$this->load->helper('html');  	
	$this->load->model('books_model');
	$data = $this->books_model->general();
				
	$this->load->view('books_input',$data);	
  }
}
?>

Next, we try to implement HTML CodeIgniter style. Update your books_input.php

<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
      href="<?php echo "$base/$css"?>">
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">
<? $this->load->view('books_header'); ?>
</div>
<div id="menu">
<? $this->load->view('books_menu'); ?>
</div>
<? echo heading($forminput,3) ?>
<? echo form_open('books/input'); ?>
<? echo $title		.' : '.
        form_input($ftitle).br(); ?>
<? echo $author		.' : '.
        form_input($fauthor).br(); ?>
<? echo $publisher	.' : '.
        form_input($fpublisher).br(); ?>
<? echo $year		.' : '.
        form_dropdown('year',$years).br(); ?>
<? echo $available	.' : '.
        form_checkbox($favailable).br(); ?>
<? echo $summary	.' : '.
        form_textarea($fsummary).br(); ?>
<? echo form_submit('mysubmit','Submit!');  ?>
<? echo form_close(); ?>

<div id="footer">
<? $this->load->view('books_footer'); ?>
</div>

</body>
</html>

For example, line 13, heading($forminput,3) to change <h3>$forminput</h3>. Line 16, br() to change </br>.

For complete this practice, add definition of $forminput at model (line 28 at following code):

<?
class books_model extends Model{
	
  function books_model(){
	parent::Model();
	$this->load->helper('url');				
  }
	
  function general(){
	$this->load->library('MyMenu');
	$menu = new MyMenu;
	$data['base']		= $this->config->item('base_url');
	$data['css']		= $this->config->item('css');
	$data['menu'] 		= $menu->show_menu();
	$data['webtitle']	= 'Book Collection';
	$data['websubtitle']= 'We collect all title of 
		                   books on the world';
	$data['webfooter']	= '© copyright by step 
		                   by step php tutorial';
						   
	$data['title']	 	= 'Title';
	$data['author']	 	= 'Author';
	$data['publisher']	= 'Publisher';	
	$data['year']	 	= 'Year';
	$data['years']	 	= array('2007'=>'2007',
	                            '2008'=>'2008',
								'2009'=>'2009');
	$data['available']	= 'Available';	
	$data['summary']	= 'Summary';
	$data['forminput']	= 'Form Input';
	
	$data['ftitle']		= array('name'=>'title',
	                            'size'=>30
						  );
	$data['fauthor']	= array('name'=>'author',
	                            'size'=>30
						  );
	$data['fpublisher']	= array('name'=>'publisher',
	                            'size'=>30
						  );

	$data['favailable']	= array('name'=>'available',
	                            'value'=>'yes',
								'checked'=>TRUE
						  );
	$data['fsummary']	= array('name'=>'summary',
	                            'rows'=>5,
								'cols'=>30
						  );
        return $data;	
  }
}
?>