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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
index 3794e08..95db51d 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
::
- $attributes = array('class' => 'email', 'id' => 'myform');
+ $attributes = array('class' => 'email', 'id' => 'myform');
echo form_open('email/send', $attributes);
The above example would create a form similar to this
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@
::
- $hidden = array('username' => 'Joe', 'member_id' => '234');
+ $hidden = array('username' => 'Joe', 'member_id' => '234');
echo form_open('email/send', '', $hidden);
The above example would create a form similar to this
::
- <form method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://example.com/index.php/email/send">
- <input type="hidden" name="username" value="Joe" />
+ <form method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://example.com/index.php/email/send">
+ <input type="hidden" name="username" value="Joe" />
<input type="hidden" name="member_id" value="234" />
form_open_multipart()
@@ -87,28 +87,67 @@
::
- form_hidden('username', 'johndoe');
+ form_hidden('username', 'johndoe');
// Would produce: <input type="hidden" name="username" value="johndoe" />
Or you can submit an associative array to create multiple fields
::
- $data = array(
- 'name' => 'John Doe',
- 'email' => 'john@example.com',
- 'url' => 'http://example.com'
- );
-
- echo form_hidden($data);
-
+ $data = array(
+ 'name' => 'John Doe',
+ 'email' => 'john@example.com',
+ 'url' => 'http://example.com'
+ );
+
+ echo form_hidden($data);
+
/*
- Would produce:
- <input type="hidden" name="name" value="John Doe" />
- <input type="hidden" name="email" value="john@example.com" />
+ Would produce:
+ <input type="hidden" name="name" value="John Doe" />
+ <input type="hidden" name="email" value="john@example.com" />
<input type="hidden" name="url" value="http://example.com" />
*/
+Or pass an associative array to the values field.
+
+::
+
+ $data = array(
+ 'name' => 'John Doe',
+ 'email' => 'john@example.com',
+ 'url' => 'http://example.com'
+ );
+
+ echo form_hidden('my_array', $data);
+
+ /*
+ Would produce:
+ <input type="hidden" name="my_array[name]" value="John Doe" />
+ <input type="hidden" name="my_array[email]" value="john@example.com" />
+ <input type="hidden" name="my_array[url]" value="http://example.com" />
+ */
+
+If you want to create hidden input fields with extra attributes
+
+::
+
+ $data = array(
+ 'type' => 'hidden',
+ 'name' => 'email'
+ 'id' => 'hiddenemail',
+ 'value' => 'john@example.com',
+ 'class' => 'hiddenemail'
+ );
+
+ echo form_input($data);
+
+ /*
+ Would produce:
+
+ <input type="hidden" name="email" value="john@example.com" id="hiddenemail" class="hiddenemail" />
+ */
+
form_input()
============
@@ -124,20 +163,20 @@
::
- $data = array(
- 'name' => 'username',
- 'id' => 'username',
- 'value' => 'johndoe',
- 'maxlength' => '100',
- 'size' => '50',
- 'style' => 'width:50%',
- );
-
+ $data = array(
+ 'name' => 'username',
+ 'id' => 'username',
+ 'value' => 'johndoe',
+ 'maxlength' => '100',
+ 'size' => '50',
+ 'style' => 'width:50%'
+ );
+
echo form_input($data);
-
+
/*
Would produce:
-
+
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" value="johndoe" maxlength="100" size="50" style="width:50%" />
*/
@@ -146,7 +185,7 @@
::
- $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
+ $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
echo form_input('username', 'johndoe', $js);
form_password()
@@ -176,37 +215,37 @@
::
- $options = array(
- 'small' => 'Small Shirt',
- 'med' => 'Medium Shirt',
- 'large' => 'Large Shirt',
- 'xlarge' => 'Extra Large Shirt',
- );
-
- $shirts_on_sale = array('small', 'large');
- echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, 'large');
-
+ $options = array(
+ 'small' => 'Small Shirt',
+ 'med' => 'Medium Shirt',
+ 'large' => 'Large Shirt',
+ 'xlarge' => 'Extra Large Shirt',
+ );
+
+ $shirts_on_sale = array('small', 'large');
+ echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, 'large');
+
/*
- Would produce:
-
- <select name="shirts">
- <option value="small">Small Shirt</option>
- <option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
- <option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
- <option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
+ Would produce:
+
+ <select name="shirts">
+ <option value="small">Small Shirt</option>
+ <option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
+ <option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
+ <option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
</select>
*/
-
+
echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, $shirts_on_sale);
-
+
/*
- Would produce:
-
- <select name="shirts" multiple="multiple">
- <option value="small" selected="selected">Small Shirt</option>
- <option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
- <option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
- <option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
+ Would produce:
+
+ <select name="shirts" multiple="multiple">
+ <option value="small" selected="selected">Small Shirt</option>
+ <option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
+ <option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
+ <option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
</select>
*/
@@ -216,7 +255,7 @@
::
- $js = 'id="shirts" onChange="some_function();"';
+ $js = 'id="shirts" onChange="some_function();"';
echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, 'large', $js);
If the array passed as $options is a multidimensional array,
@@ -240,38 +279,38 @@
::
- echo form_fieldset('Address Information');
- echo "<p>fieldset content here</p>\n";
+ echo form_fieldset('Address Information');
+ echo "<p>fieldset content here</p>\n";
echo form_fieldset_close();
-
+
/*
Produces:
- <fieldset>
- <legend>Address Information</legend>
- <p>form content here</p>
+ <fieldset>
+ <legend>Address Information</legend>
+ <p>form content here</p>
</fieldset>
*/
-
+
Similar to other functions, you can submit an associative array in the
second parameter if you prefer to set additional attributes.
::
$attributes = array(
- 'id' => 'address_info',
+ 'id' => 'address_info',
'class' => 'address_info'
- );
-
- echo form_fieldset('Address Information', $attributes);
- echo "<p>fieldset content here</p>\n";
- echo form_fieldset_close();
-
+ );
+
+ echo form_fieldset('Address Information', $attributes);
+ echo "<p>fieldset content here</p>\n";
+ echo form_fieldset_close();
+
/*
- Produces:
-
- <fieldset id="address_info" class="address_info">
- <legend>Address Information</legend>
- <p>form content here</p>
+ Produces:
+
+ <fieldset id="address_info" class="address_info">
+ <legend>Address Information</legend>
+ <p>form content here</p>
</fieldset>
*/
@@ -284,8 +323,8 @@
::
- $string = "</div></div>";
- echo form_fieldset_close($string);
+ $string = "</div></div>";
+ echo form_fieldset_close($string);
// Would produce: </fieldset> </div></div>
form_checkbox()
@@ -295,7 +334,7 @@
::
- echo form_checkbox('newsletter', 'accept', TRUE);
+ echo form_checkbox('newsletter', 'accept', TRUE);
// Would produce: <input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" value="accept" checked="checked" />
The third parameter contains a boolean TRUE/FALSE to determine whether
@@ -306,15 +345,15 @@
::
- $data = array(
- 'name' => 'newsletter',
- 'id' => 'newsletter',
- 'value' => 'accept',
- 'checked' => TRUE,
- 'style' => 'margin:10px',
- );
-
- echo form_checkbox($data);
+ $data = array(
+ 'name' => 'newsletter',
+ 'id' => 'newsletter',
+ 'value' => 'accept',
+ 'checked' => TRUE,
+ 'style' => 'margin:10px',
+ );
+
+ echo form_checkbox($data);
// Would produce: <input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" id="newsletter" value="accept" checked="checked" style="margin:10px" />
As with other functions, if you would like the tag to contain additional
@@ -323,7 +362,7 @@
::
- $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
+ $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
echo form_checkbox('newsletter', 'accept', TRUE, $js)
form_radio()
@@ -339,7 +378,7 @@
::
- echo form_submit('mysubmit', 'Submit Post!');
+ echo form_submit('mysubmit', 'Submit Post!');
// Would produce: <input type="submit" name="mysubmit" value="Submit Post!" />
Similar to other functions, you can submit an associative array in the
@@ -353,7 +392,7 @@
::
- echo form_label('What is your Name', 'username');
+ echo form_label('What is your Name', 'username');
// Would produce: <label for="username">What is your Name</label>
Similar to other functions, you can submit an associative array in the
@@ -361,12 +400,12 @@
::
- $attributes = array(
- 'class' => 'mycustomclass',
+ $attributes = array(
+ 'class' => 'mycustomclass',
'style' => 'color: #000;'
- );
-
- echo form_label('What is your Name', 'username', $attributes);
+ );
+
+ echo form_label('What is your Name', 'username', $attributes);
// Would produce: <label for="username" class="mycustomclass" style="color: #000;">What is your Name</label>
@@ -384,7 +423,7 @@
::
- echo form_button('name','content');
+ echo form_button('name','content');
// Would produce <button name="name" type="button">Content</button>
Or you can pass an associative array containing any data you wish your
@@ -392,15 +431,15 @@
::
- $data = array(
- 'name' => 'button',
- 'id' => 'button',
- 'value' => 'true',
- 'type' => 'reset',
- 'content' => 'Reset'
- );
-
- echo form_button($data);
+ $data = array(
+ 'name' => 'button',
+ 'id' => 'button',
+ 'value' => 'true',
+ 'type' => 'reset',
+ 'content' => 'Reset'
+ );
+
+ echo form_button($data);
// Would produce: <button name="button" id="button" value="true" type="reset">Reset</button>
If you would like your form to contain some additional data, like
@@ -408,7 +447,7 @@
::
- $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
+ $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
echo form_button('mybutton', 'Click Me', $js);
form_close()
@@ -420,8 +459,8 @@
::
- $string = "</div></div>";
- echo form_close($string);
+ $string = "</div></div>";
+ echo form_close($string);
// Would produce: </form> </div></div>
form_prep()
@@ -432,7 +471,7 @@
::
- $string = 'Here is a string containing "quoted" text.';
+ $string = 'Here is a string containing "quoted" text.';
<input type="text" name="myform" value="$string" />
Since the above string contains a set of quotes it will cause the form
@@ -475,9 +514,9 @@
::
<select name="myselect">
- <option value="one" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'one', TRUE); ?> >One</option>
- <option value="two" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'two'); ?> >Two</option>
- <option value="three" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'three'); ?> >Three</option>
+ <option value="one" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'one', TRUE); ?> >One</option>
+ <option value="two" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'two'); ?> >Two</option>
+ <option value="three" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'three'); ?> >Three</option>
</select>
set_checkbox()
@@ -490,7 +529,7 @@
::
- <input type="checkbox" name="mycheck" value="1" <?php echo set_checkbox('mycheck', '1'); ?> />
+ <input type="checkbox" name="mycheck" value="1" <?php echo set_checkbox('mycheck', '1'); ?> />
<input type="checkbox" name="mycheck" value="2" <?php echo set_checkbox('mycheck', '2'); ?> />
set_radio()
@@ -501,6 +540,6 @@
::
- <input type="radio" name="myradio" value="1" <?php echo set_radio('myradio', '1', TRUE); ?> />
+ <input type="radio" name="myradio" value="1" <?php echo set_radio('myradio', '1', TRUE); ?> />
<input type="radio" name="myradio" value="2" <?php echo set_radio('myradio', '2'); ?> />