Templare parser inside form_dropdown - Bug or ... ?

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Hello all, this is my first post...

Just to notice that my php programming skills greatlly increased when I started to use codeigniter, and I plan to use it for the rest of my life

I wanted to fully remove php code from my views, so my plan is to put everything in data array, so i can easily access variables using templates...

I have a problem using codeigniter's template parser combined with form helper (form_dropdown)...
Problem is form_dropdown cant get "selected" value correctly.

I would really appreaciate some help...

This is part of controller code:

Code:

// popis protivnika
        $list_opp_country = array(
            'SLO'=>'Slovenia',
            'BIH'=>'Bosnia',
        );

        // skupi sve varijable u array
        $data = array(
            'site_title' => lang('admin_page_nation_edit').lang('admin_page_site_title').$this->config->item('site_name'),
            'validation_errors' => validation_errors(),
            'form_open' => form_open('admin/nation/hrv/edit/{id}'),
            'label_dropdown_opponent' => form_label(lang('opponent'), 'opp_country'),
            'dropdown_opponent' => form_dropdown('opp_country', $list_opp_country, set_value('opp_country', '{opp_country}')),
            'label_input_our_score' => form_label(lang('our_score'), 'our_score'),
            'input_our_score' => form_input('our_score', set_value('our_score', '{our_score}')),
            'label_opp_score' => form_label(lang('opp_score'), 'opp_score'),
            'input_opp_score' => form_input('opp_score', set_value('opp_score', '{opp_score}')),
            'form_submit' => form_submit(FALSE, lang('edit')),
            'form_close' => form_close(),
            'one_nation' => $this->admin_model->nation_hrv_get_one($id)
        );

        // parse view
        $this->parser->parse('templates/header', $data);
  $this->parser->parse('admin/nation/edit', $data);
  $this->parser->parse('templates/footer', $data);

This is view file:

Code:

<p>Breadcrumbs: &lt;?=set_breadcrumb();?&gt;</p>
    
    <fieldset>
    
    <legend>Edit Nation War</legend>

    {validation_errors}
    
    {one_nation}
    
    <p>zemlja: {opp_country} </p>
    
    {form_open}
    
    <p>{label_dropdown_opponent} <br /> {dropdown_opponent}</p>
    
    <p>{label_input_our_score} <br /> {input_our_score}</p>
    
    <p>{label_opp_score} <br /> {input_opp_score}</p>
    
    {form_submit}
    
    {form_close}
    
    {/one_nation}        
    
    </fieldset>

The issue is in this line

Code:

form_dropdown('opp_country', $list_opp_country, set_value('opp_country', '{opp_country}')),

1. "form_dropdown" function cannot read value "{opp_country}" in view file, while
2. any "form_input" reads the parsed value well...

If i use this:

Code:

form_dropdown('opp_country', $list_opp_country, set_value('opp_country', 'BIH')),

then selected value is "Bosnia" as defined in $list_opp_country variable - array...

but when I use template parser to return value "BIH" from database, form_dropdown ignores or cannot read the same value...

if i put {opp_country} anywhere else in view file, i get correct echo from database...