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Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]bapobap[/eluser]
Hi there,
I'm making lots of form items and they are pretty much standardised, so I thought why not make a nice helper function to make it simpler but I don't know how to have the variable I need to use in the actual code. Example:
Code:
<?php if ($this->validation->VAR_error): echo '<div class="error">'; else: echo '<div class="item">'; endif; ?>
<p><label for="VAR">VAR_LABEL</label><?=$this->validation->VAR_error?></p>
<p><input type="VAR_TYPE" id="VAR" name="VAR" value="<?=$this->validation->VAR?>" class="text" /></p>
</div>Somehow generate that, replacing the variables, using a function call like this:
Code:
<?=nice_form_item('email', 'text', 'Email address')?>Is there any way to do this, or maybe even a better way?
Thanks!
Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]Michael Wales[/eluser]
Code:
function nice_form_item($name, $type = 'text', $label = 'Input') {
$field_error = $name . '_error';
$str = '<p><label for="' . $name . '">' . $label . '</label>' . $this->input->validation->$field_error . '</p>';
if ($type == 'text') {
$str .= '<p><input type="text" name="' . $name . '" id="' . $name . '" value="' . $this->validation->$name . '" class="text" /></p>';
} elseif ($type == 'textarea') {
$str .= '<p><textarea name="' . $name . '" id="' . $name . '" class="textarea">' . $this->validation->$name . '</textarea>';
} elseif () {
// Continue with checkboxes, radios, etc
}
return $str;
}Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]bapobap[/eluser]
Thanks Michael, where would this go, as I think if it's a helper, it can't access the CI object and this the validation stuff?
Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]Pascal Kriete[/eluser]
You can get access to the CI object from the outside by using get_instance . Assuming of course, that a controller has been instantiated at this point (so don't try it in the error_404 template).
Code:
$CI =& get_instance();
// Now we can get the validation stuff :)
$CI->validation->whatever();Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]bapobap[/eluser]
Hi inparo,
How do I pass that to the helper? If I have the function call in my view, that function in the helper, how would I pass that?
Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]Pascal Kriete[/eluser]
You don't pass it, you just call it in the helper. It's a function that is 'include'-ed along with the CI_Base object. It's in the global namespace so you can use it anywhere.
Check out system/helpers/date_helper.php for an example.
Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]bapobap[/eluser]
I must be doing something wrong, I'm getting Message: Undefined property: CI_Input::$validation, I have validation on autoload but tried loading it after the get_instance, neither worked.
Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]Pascal Kriete[/eluser]
Can you reduce the error to a small(ish) snippet of code and post that?
Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]bapobap[/eluser]
I shall try!
Controller
Code:
function test()
{
$rules['email'] = 'trim|required|valid_email';
$fields['email'] = 'Email address';
$this->validation->set_rules($rules);
$this->validation->set_fields($fields);
echo nice_form_item('email', 'text', 'Email address');
}Helper (autoloaded, along with validation)
Code:
function nice_form_item($name, $type = 'text', $label = 'Input') {
$CI =& get_instance();
$field_error = $name . '_error';
$str = '<p><label for="' . $name . '">' . $label . '</label>' . $CI->input->validation->$field_error . '</p>';
if ($type == 'text') {
$str .= '<p><input type="text" name="' . $name . '" id="' . $name . '" value="' . $CI->validation->$name . '" class="text" /></p>';
} elseif ($type == 'textarea') {
$str .= '<p><textarea name="' . $name . '" id="' . $name . '" class="textarea">' . $CI->validation->$name . '</textarea>';
}
return $str;
}If I have cut this down to make it stupid sorry, I basically had a big registration method in the controller, the view, then this in the helper.
Function to generate this code (with variables) - El Forum - 09-19-2008
[eluser]Pascal Kriete[/eluser]
Code:
$CI->input->validation->$field_error[Edit: You can blame it on Ssgt Wales
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