[Deprecated] DMZ 1.5.3 (DataMapper OverZealous Edition)

[eluser]warrennz[/eluser]
@OverZealous

It appears I didn't make myself all that clear by my last post, I am sorry for that.

Here's a better break down of what I'm doing, as you can see it is very similar to your posted example..

Code:

function create()
{
*1  $u = new User();

    if($this->input->post('submit_create') == TRUE))
    {
        $u->first_name = $this->input->post('first_name');
        $u->last_name = $this->input->post('last_name');

        $u->username = $this->input->post('username');
*2      $u->confirm_username = $this->input->post('confirm_username');
        
        if(!$u->save())
        {
              echo $u->error->string;  //Example only
        }
        else
        {
              redirect('Success page');   //Example only
        }

    }

    $data['u'] = $u;

    $this->views->add_section('p_content','profiles/create',$data); //Load into view
}

*1 - Initialize the user object. This way my view code doesn't break when nothing is posted. Is this a good/bad idea? is there a better way?
*2 - Create a property that is not in the table field. This is _solely_ for the purpose of repopulating the html form. Again, good or bad? is there a better way.. I know it doesn't throw up any errors and $u->save() will ignore it but still...

I don't think there's anything seriously wrong with the way I'm writing code ( will happily be proven wrong though! ) just not sure or confident its all that great..

Thanks again