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Form Help - El Forum - 07-21-2011
[eluser]BenSeagrave[/eluser]
Just watched the tutorial on the codeigniter site about making the blog. When making the form for the comments, he doesn't use functions like form_input() or form_textarea(). Is this for a reason or were the functions recently added. Also, how would I go about making a text area with form_input field. I tried to use the user guide but I didn't really understand as it doesn't declare anywhere that it's a text area.
example from user guide:
Code:
$data = array(
'name' => 'username',
'id' => 'username',
'value' => 'johndoe',
'maxlength' => '100',
'size' => '50',
'style' => 'width:50%',
);
echo form_input($data);
// Would produce:
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" value="johndoe" maxlength="100" size="50" style="width:50%" />I don't understand why this would come out as a text input field?
Thanks
Form Help - El Forum - 07-22-2011
[eluser]LuckyFella73[/eluser]
The userguide tells us this - should work:
Code:
$data = array(
'name' => 'username',
'id' => 'username',
'value' => 'johndoe',
'rows' => '8', // "rows" instead of "Maxlength" as with input type text
'cols' => '50', //"cols" instead of "size" as with input type text
'style' => 'width:50%'
);
echo form_textarea($data);Form Help - El Forum - 07-22-2011
[eluser]Rok Biderman[/eluser]
If you're confused as for why should a thing like this actually exist - this is a helper, something to help you with making forms. It's basically a function that produces valid forms in a way that makes it easier to define it from a controller. You can easily choose not to use it, but it grows on you, not to mention it automates csrf_protection token, so you don't have to worry about it.
Form Help - El Forum - 07-22-2011
[eluser]boltsabre[/eluser]
I think that the csrf_protection only works if you use form_open(), just using:
echo form_textarea($data); (or whatever input field/s you need for your form)
won't automatically implement csrf protection.
Form Help - El Forum - 07-22-2011
[eluser]Rok Biderman[/eluser]
By using form helper I meant everything, but of course, it's the form_open that actually does it.