Form Generation Library

[eluser]macigniter[/eluser]
[quote author="CtheB" date="1260928690"]What is the best way to send an email after you've filled in the form succesfully, but before the onsucces redirect?

Is it possible to add an error to the form in another method in the controller?

Are there any other possibilities to handle the email?

What is the best option to go with?[/quote]

The best way would be NOT to use the onsuccess function, but rather the if ($this->form->valid) clause:

Code:

$this->form
->open('foo')
...
->validate();

if ($this->form->valid)
{
    $this->load->helper('email');
    // do email sending stuff here

    // redirect if everything is okay
    redirect('success');
}

// if the form isn't valid show the form again with errors
$this->data['form'] = $this->form->get(); // this returns the validated form as a string
$this->data['errors'] = $this->form->errors;  // this returns validation errors as a string