Procession Form data outside CI framework.

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Hi I am a newbie to CI, actually I inherited it from a client. The previous programmer left so I was force to start learning it and actually liking it. I have a problem where a contact form was setup in the controllers, not in view etc. I was wondering is there a way to process the form data outside the CI framework. can I just direct <form id="contact-form" action="send_email.php" method="POST"> I tried that but it does not do anything.

Any help will be great appreciated.

Cheers