Form not submitting data

I have this working in another Controller so I am not sure why it is not working in this one.

Controller:

Code:

public function contact(){

        if( empty( $this->input->post() ) ){
            $this->data['title'] .= ' - Contact';
            
            $this->load->view('templates-portfolio/header', $this->data);
            $this->load->view('portfolio/contact');
            $this->load->view('templates-portfolio/footer');
        }
        else{
            var_dump( $this->input->post() ); die();
        }
        
    } // end function contact

View:

Code:

<div class="container-contact">
            <?php echo form_open('portfolio/contact'); ?> <!-- the action is the controller media and the function process -->
    
            <div class="grid-container">
                <div class="grid-x grid-padding-x">
                    
                    <div class="large-12 cell">
                        <label>
                            Hello, Tell me a bit about yourself.
                            <textarea autofocus placeholder="" rows="5"></textarea>
                        </label>
                    </div>
                    
                    <div class="medium-6 large-6 cell">
                        <label>Name
                            <input type="text" placeholder="Name">
                        </label>
                    </div>
    
                    <div class="medium-6 large-6 cell">
                        <label>Email
                            <input type="email" placeholder="Email">
                        </label>
                    </div>
                    
                    <button type="submit" class="hollow button submit">Submit</button>
                    
                </div>
            </div>
    
            <?php echo form_close(); ?>

Testing in postman works, just not seeing anything in CI on backend

should your inputs and textarea's not have name's?

Code:

<input type="text" name="fname">

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_input.asp

"Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot."

@majortom84,

Interesting, you are using...
if( empty( $this->input->post() ) )
instead of...
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)

Any reason why?

as I remember  empty() function does not accept return values;
so U can't run if(empty($this->input->post())) instead I just use  if($this->input->post() == null)

@majortom84,

Interesting, you are using...  
if( empty( $this->input->post() ) )
instead of...
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)

Any reason why?

assume that u need to show alert when validation failed
and you submit your form to the same url where you view the form (which is common way in CI):

PHP Code:

public function foo()

    {
            if($this->form_validation->run()){
            }else{
//set alert
                $this->postal->add('failed to validate!', 'error');
            }
} 


then every time you open link you will see error alert because u did not submit anything. That's why you need first check if something posted or not.

Like kierownik said: $_POST (or $this->input->post()) will only have values if the inputs have names.
Best practice is to give the submit button a name also:

PHP Code:

<button type="submit" name="submit" class="hollow button submit">Submit</button> 


Then, in your controller:

PHP Code:

if ($this->input->post('submit')) {
   // handle form input
}
else {
   // show form
} 


should your inputs and textarea's not have name's?

Code:

<input type="text" name="fname">

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_input.asp

This was it, found it about 10 min after I posted this. Would have added to post but my son needed my attention.

Using JavaScript and with forms you should always give the input elements a name,
if you use the class along with name give them both the same name.

Will give you piece of mind.

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