[eluser]billmce[/eluser]
Maybe I'm just missing something simple ... but I've spent hours and hours on this.
I can retrieve data (in this example using
$data['Company'] )from mysql and use it to populate a view:
<input type="text" name="Company" value="<?php echo $Company; ?>" />
After loading the form_validation library, I can then validate the data on the form that the user modified and if I find an error force a re-edit and re-displaying the data:
<input type="text" name="Company" value="<?php echo set_value('Company'); ?>" />
But doing this requires me to maintain two forms -- one for the first edit, and another for subsequent edits.
After checking out set_value I thought I'd found the answer.
<input type="text" name="Company" value="<?php echo set_value('Company',$Company); ?>" />
but I get strange results after a validation failure (here entering data "Test Company Name"):
The input box is filled with
<div style= followed by.
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined variable: Company
Filename: views/creditor_edit_view.php
Line Number: 57
Test Company Name" />
Any ideas on why the set_value option problem?
I'm completely stumped and frustrated.
Surely I don't need 2 forms to edit/validate/re-edit?
